Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/05/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks, Lluis. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lluis Ripoll" <lluisripollquerol at gmail.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2012 3:15 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: More Wasp Info > +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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >