Wasps

I knew that there were wasps in Aoteroa as I have caught glimpses of them over the years, but I have never stopped to really look at them until I joined this site.

Now what made me start to notice wasps was the German wasp, whose photo is below, landed one day on the deck seat. I rushed off to grab my camera and came back and he was still there, so I started taking photos and he slowly turned around. Poser!

A few days later I was photographing the pohutukawa blooms (and practising my photography at the same time). Once I had a lot of photos I loaded them onto my pc and that is when I saw that there was a wasp on one of the flowers.

A few photos later there is another wasp, but it didn't look the same as the first one. Ahhhh did this mean that there was more than one type?

Yep, sure did and they come in different colours which really helps when it comes to identifying them. Far easier than plants!

Here is the collection of wasps on one tree at one time as well as the german wasp.

由使用者 tangatawhenua tangatawhenua2015年12月11日 09:38 所貼文

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什麼

德國黃胡蜂 (Vespula germanica)

觀察者

tangatawhenua

日期

11月 30, 2015

描述

This insect kindly landed in front of me and slowly turned around so I could get photos from all angles :)

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什麼

中華馬蜂 (Polistes chinensis)

觀察者

tangatawhenua

日期

12月 1, 2015

描述

A wasp (I think) visiting a pohutukawa tree.

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觀察者

tangatawhenua

日期

12月 1, 2015

描述

I do not have a clue if this is a wasp or a bee, but I am thinking because of the body shape it is a wasp.

It is visiting a pohutukawa tree.

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觀察者

tangatawhenua

日期

12月 1, 2015

描述

Another type of wasp visiting the pohutukawa tree.

照片/聲音

什麼

中華馬蜂 (Polistes chinensis)

觀察者

tangatawhenua

日期

12月 1, 2015

描述

Wasp visiting a pohutukawa tree.

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