Paper Wasp Nest

[kallousa]

Hello everybody

I was also shooting some bees ( again , will be here ) when some wasps showed up. I lokked around here and there and found the nest ...

see the different generations : the eggs, the closed room, the babies and the adult


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Regards

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[sw2001]

Very interesting and great shot.

[almo]

That's a pissed off momma! She looks as if she is about to teach you a lesson. Very nive perspective, and a great contrast in subjects.

[BigAl-SA]

Nice one Ahmad! Pity the one antenna was chopped off though.

[Kraig C]

nice! Check out the petterning in the eye's. That's really cool

[shawnee_rebel]

that is one AWESOME SHOT!!!!

[kallousa]

Hello SW
Very interesting and great shot.

Thanx for your comment

Regards

:)

[kallousa]

Hello Almo
That's a pissed off momma! She looks as if she is about to teach you a lesson. Very nive perspective, and a great contrast in subjects.

Actually they were Three adults there , but they were more coward than you expect. the second day I went to take more shots, but the whole nest was NOT there. They chose to escape :lol: .

Thanx for your comment

Regards

[kallousa]

Hello BigAl
Nice one Ahmad! Pity the one antenna was chopped off though.

Thanx for commenting. Yes, I noticed that one antenna was out of the frame after I came home. Actually I was so scared and ready to run away at any sudden attack from them. :o.

regards

[kallousa]

Hello Kraig
nice! Check out the petterning in the eye's. That's really cool

Thanx for commenting. Yes, the eye has a very nice wave-like pattern.

Regards

[kallousa]

Hello shawnee
that is one AWESOME SHOT!!!!

Thanx for commenting.

Regards

[sorashell]

The shot is amazing, but what's even more amazing to me is the whole nest being gone! Did you mean the occupants or physically the whole nest was removed?

[Desertraptor]

Fantastic shot. Wow

How far from the nest were you?

[kallousa]

Hello Sorashell
The shot is amazing, but what's even more amazing to me is the whole nest being gone! Did you mean the occupants or physically the whole nest was removed?

Thanx for commenting. Yes, THE WHOLE NEST was gone. It was in a hidden place away from people ( But not from my camera :lol: ) . so I think the wasps removed it.

Anybody hasan idea about wasps behavior against dangers ??

Regards

[kallousa]

hello peter
Fantastic shot. Wow

How far from the nest were you?

Thanx for commenting. I was away at full hand stretching , my camera was about 10 cm away in this shot (thanks to the flip & rotate LCD), using Super macro mode, F8 , 1/250 and camera flash only at 2/3 .

Regards

[Desertraptor]

Glad it didnt sting you.

[kallousa]

Glad it didnt sting you.

I used the Shock and Awe strategy ;) . They didn't respond so quickly

[Bald Eagle]

This one is a fantastic shot. Covers the different stages very nicely and its very sharp and crisp. Very impressive. Great job.:D :D :D

[JoseC]

Fanstastic shot !!!
Lots of details of the wasp life.
Jose

[kallousa]

Hello Eagle
This one is a fantastic shot. Covers the different stages very nicely and its very sharp and crisp. Very impressive. Great job.:D :D :D

Thanx for commenting . :D

Regards

[kallousa]

Hello Jose
Fanstastic shot !!!
Lots of details of the wasp life.
Jose

Thanx for commenting .

regards

[Leorooster]

Very nice shot. I love the composition. It's very sharp as well. Thanks for sharing.

[MarkoPolo]

That is a really interesting and well done shot. Thanks for sharing.

[dancinec]

Great shot. Those wasps could not remove their nest themselves. Those larvae in the nest were not ready to emerge. Someone else had to have remove the nest.

[kallousa]

Hello Leo
Very nice shot. I love the composition. It's very sharp as well. Thanks for sharing.
Thanx for commenting.

Regards

[kallousa]

Hello Marko
That is a really interesting and well done shot. Thanks for sharing.

Thanx for commenting.

Regards

[kallousa]

Hello Dennis
Great shot. Those wasps could not remove their nest themselves. Those larvae in the nest were not ready to emerge. Someone else had to have remove the nest.

I also thought the same, but I asked the people around, No body did. It was , as I said , in a hidden place. Some even didn't know it was there.

Who knows :rolleyes: ?

Regards

[Kraig C]

could be a possibility but it's a long stretch, are there some birds that know how to eat these things?

[JakeC]

Hadn't seen this until you commented in my wasp thread. A great shot too and I see what you mean about the colouration, it seems that mumma has a different style of nest building too. Again, great shot and the quality is excellent. Don't you just love the macro mode in P&S cameras too, it's about the only thing I really miss since going to DSLR.

[kallousa]

Hello Kraig
could be a possibility but it's a long stretch, are there some birds that know how to eat these things?

I don't think so , specially in the area . Do you mean that a bird can also eat the nest body ??

[kallousa]

Hello Jake
Hadn't seen this until you commented in my wasp thread. A great shot too and I see what you mean about the colouration, it seems that mumma has a different style of nest building too. Again, great shot and the quality is excellent. Don't you just love the macro mode in P&S cameras too, it's about the only thing I really miss since going to DSLR.

In addition to the macro mode, my Pro1 has a SUPER MACRO MODE that enables you to get up to 3 cm close to the object , with excellent DOF :lol:

Actually I can't make up my mind about it .. the Pro1 is very powerful and flexible to use and has excellent picture quality ( "L" lens ) , but there's something in my mind tells me to move to DSLR . What do you think ?

Regards