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Subject: [Leica] IMG: More Wasp Info
From: lluisripollquerol at gmail.com (Lluis Ripoll)
Date: Sat, 26 May 2012 22:15:25 +0200
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+1

Lluis

El 26/05/2012, a las 20:50, Jim Nichols escribi?:

> After searching for two days, I located some information that sheds  
> light on the wasp that I photographed on the Butterfly Bush.  It is  
> some variant of the Potter Wasp (Eumenes Coarctatus).  This reminded  
> me that, when I took my wife's old Volvo to the shop, the shop  
> foreman and I puzzled over the strange clay creations on the top of  
> the radiator.  It turns out that they were nests built by a potter  
> wasp.
>
> The Potter Wasp, in color:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Wasp+09.jpg.html
>
> A nest under construction, entry still open:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Potter+Wasp+Nest+35.jpg.html
>
> Two nests where the young have departed.  Screw included for scale:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Potter+Wasp+Nest+34.jpg.html
>
> Most of the photos I have found of the Potter Wasp show more  
> colorful markings.  This one must feel slighted. ;~)
>
> Comments and critiques welcomed.
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
>
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