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Paper Wasp Nest


Paper Wasp Nest
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Copyright: Ron Warner (tuslaw) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2752 W: 280 N: 4931] (19883)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2016-06-27
Categories: Insects
Camera: Canon 5D Mark III
Exposure: f/14.0, 1/500 seconds
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Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2016-09-25 16:52
Viewed: 1958
Points: 16
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
I really don't know what specific species of wasp this is from Nicaragua, but by the construction of their nest I know it is a type of Paper Wasp.

I took this photo in my daughter’s back yard when the nest was covered with a fairly large number of individuals. The wasps didn't seem to be very aggressive towards my flash, but I was careful to stay a good distance away just in case.

This is just one of about five nests I counted in a small section of her yard. I never saw them swarming around the nest, they just stayed on the outside like this in a very contented state.
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Image size restrictions on TN suck, Ron.
Nevertheless, this is a great capture of Paper Wasp's nest you found in the backyard of your daughter's house is Nicaragua.
You would perhaps recall that I too had posted the pictures of Paper Wasp's nest I had found in the gap between glass and gauge shutters in a bathroom in my house. However, the shape of the nest in my case was quite different.
Good that you did not go too close to it; you never know!
Thanks.
Ram

Hello Ron, a very nice image with interesting wasp....The details are stunning. Perfect focus and clarity as usual.
Marius.

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  • lousat Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 6525 W: 89 N: 15623] (65353)
  • [2016-09-26 8:41]

Hi Ron,very interestin capture,i never seen before of nest like that,fantastic sharpness,i can count the wasps...ehehe...and the colors are very bright too! Have a nice week and thanks,Luciano

Ciao Ron, fantastic nest, fine details, excellent sharpness and wonderful colors, very well done, my friend, ciao Silvio

Hello Ron,
Well captured this nest of Wasp. I'm quite aware; better to say sufferer how their poison reacts. In my childhood days, I entered in to bushes to search Cricket ball and they thought I'm their enemy and reacted with me the way enemy reacts with enemy!
Your picture reminds those days. Leave the story....
Like nice exposure on nest as well as Wasps. Well isolation from BG. Beautiful bokeh too.
Thanks for sharing,
Regards,
Srikumar

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  • PeterZ Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 5137 W: 166 N: 13121] (49139)
  • [2016-09-28 6:19]

Hello Ron,
Wonderful presentation of this nest. Should not be happy when I find this kind of things in my garden. Marvelous photo in great sharpness and nice natural colors.
Regards,
Peter

hallo Ron
very nice post of this family wasps
good details and nice light
thanks gr lou

Beautiful. I also found a similar nest in India but I did not finds wasps around it. It would be interesting to find our the name of this wasp. While looking at this photo, I was searching for information on paper wasps and I found this interesting article about an Indian Scientist working for 40 years studying the behavioral ecology of a particular paper wasp. You can find the article in

http://scroll.in/article/747169/an-indian-scientist-who-spent-40-years-studying-a-wasp-receives-germanys-highest-civilian-honour

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