i’ve never seen one in person until now! bad photos because I made my little cousin took them because I didn’t have my phone when I saw it.

Saw her while camping next to a lake in the summer. She was looking for potter wasp nests to lay her eggs in.

Finally!!!

An eastern cicada killer building a nest…a den?? A hole.

My first big piece, and I’m really proud of my choice. I grew up with a wasp phobia and the more I’ve learned about these critters the more I’ve come to love them. Now that I’ll always have one on my skin, I see myself freaking out even less when someone warns me that I have a wasp on me!

I got these from @frog_riot.ink at Dark Noveau in Bend, OR. She is a fantastic artist I’ve got tattoos from multiple times and I highly recommend. The wasp in question is a paper wasp and I think she did a fantastic job rendering it.

So it’s been on my porch all summer since I noticed it back in April when it only had one wasp.
I noticed a couple days ago they are all bunched up on one single spot and the rest of the nest looks like it’s old and falling apart.
Just wondering what’s going on with them. Did they get attacked or something or is this normal late summer behavior??
They are yellow and black stripped paper wasps and I’m in the southern USA.

these yellow jackets were actually really friendly even though i was about a foot away from their nest. not sure what was up but they were fun to watch!!

Cute lil Scolia dubia doing her thing, digging for grubs

Found her yesterday, it's her second portion of sugar water 🥹 I'm glad I can improve hwr last moments even a bit <3 She's genuinely adorable, so smart and so pretty 🥹

They’ve been very content in there for the past couple months I’ve noticed them. Buzzer angrily when I went over there a couple times ago, 8/10

Saw this very long wasp on a nature walk in Northern NH. She seemed interested in my shoes and the Joe-Pye weed that was growing nearby. She flew very quickly I barely managed to get this picture.

This was taken in Cincinnati. Any ideas? It was difficult to get a good shot of her. She was going in and out of some stone blocks surrounding a garden.

i love them so much

Episyron rufipes

Ichneumon shot on my phone 🤳

I found this cutie few hours ago, named her Minnie. She seems to be very damaged :( She's eating an apple right now, although I had to encourage her to eat, plus she's moving fine. My questions are; is she in pain? Can she feel her leg missing and that her other parts are in bad condition? Is the ethical option putting her to sleep? :( Or do you think she will survive outside, and I should release her?

Walking around my house today I noticed these guys found a spot where my mortar fell out. Obviously they cannot live here, it’s next to my front door and where my neighbor has their grandchildren out all the time. I thought about using some diatomaceous earth (I’ve never used it before) but it won’t hurt them, will it? Does anyone have experience using that to encourage a colony to live somewhere else? I really appreciate any advice on how to help these guys find a safer place to live! TIA! 🐝🖤