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There's a very lovely Japanese garden on campus at my university that I visit often, to enjoy the tranquility and take a short break from college life. One of my favorite things to do in the garden is observe the various kinds of insects that live in it, from the territorial carpenter bees to the very skittish crane flies. Today, as I stood near a black and yellow mud dauber wasp that I wanted a picture of, this hover fly decided that my leg would be a good place to rest for a few moments. It flew away after I got this shot- which came out far better than I thought.
I never did photograph the wasp, though.
I never did photograph the wasp, though.
Category Photography / Animal related (non-anthro)
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No, it's not a yellow jacket. The eyes are far too large, the wings are too few in number (true flies have two, wasps have four) and in the wrong position (wasps rest with their wings held next to the body, not out to the sides), and its mouth parts are of the wrong type (yellow jackets have chewing/biting mouth parts, hover flies like this have sponging mouth parts).
I should know the difference- I study insects.
I should know the difference- I study insects.
i dont care i would have killed it anyway i am deathly afraid of anything that looks or acts like a wasp or bumble bee of any kind the only bee i like is a honey bee because they are friendly and only sting if necisary because they would die wasps can sting over and over i hate them i personaly dont think they should exist
Bees are the insects I study, and I can tell you without a shadow of a doubt that honey bees are the most aggressive bees you're going to encounter. Bumble bees- and all of the myriad other kinds of bees that saddeningly few people know exist- are very docile and are far more likely to fly away when disturbed than attack.
Mind can't be changed? I highly doubt that, as I'm an individual that was terrified of bees as a child that's planning on spending the rest of her life studying them.
The single best way to dispel fear is to learn about what you're afraid of. If you learn more about bees- and wasps too, for that matter, you'll see that there isn't much reason to be scared.
The single best way to dispel fear is to learn about what you're afraid of. If you learn more about bees- and wasps too, for that matter, you'll see that there isn't much reason to be scared.
My natural inclination here is to say that there's no reason to be afraid (and in all honesty, there isn't), but I understand the irrationality of a phobia.
On the topic of bee sting allergies, it amuses me somewhat that I thoroughly enjoy working in very close proximity to living bees even though I have no idea whether or not I'm allergic. Guess I'll discover that sooner rather than later.
On the topic of bee sting allergies, it amuses me somewhat that I thoroughly enjoy working in very close proximity to living bees even though I have no idea whether or not I'm allergic. Guess I'll discover that sooner rather than later.
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