Wasps on Marigold Flowers

This time I want to show you about a wasp belonging to the genus Vespa or a member of the wasp family (Vespidae) that perches on a large marigold flower that grows near a road ditch in a residential complex. Actually, I was afraid when I got a little closer to take pictures of the wasps belonging to the Vespa genus. However, somehow the fear has gradually started to dissipate within me for a while now. I'm even starting to like photographing somewhat extreme things now like photographing wasps, cows, and some weird things I've never done before.

I know that wasps are a kind of poisonous insect although not deadly but very painful when stung. So caution is required when photographing these insects.

These wasps usually nest in protected areas such as trees, walls, or shrubs. If they nest in the bushes often the nest is not visible until the leaves fall and reveal the nest hidden behind the leaves. Usually at such times, the wasp dies or is dying, and the queen wasp hibernates and lives to reincarnate.

A wasp or vespa like this has a pair of wings, six legs, that's a characteristic of this wasp's body. If it's another wasp family, it's different. The part of the abdomen closest to the thorax, called the abdomen, is more rounded in wasps than in other wasps. This area provides clarification on whether the insect you are seeing is a wasp or not.

Here are some other pictures I took of the marigold flower from a different angle considering there was only one wasp perched on the flower.

I hope you enjoy the images shown.

Love, Seha76!