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David Todd McCarty
@davidtoddmccarty@me.dm  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago
@clive I never thought of yellow jackets as wasps. I know they’re not bees, so I don’t know what I thought they were. What’s a hornet? Also a wasp?
Ray N. Franklin 🇺🇸
@rnf@mindly.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago
@davidtoddmccarty @clive According to Wikipedia & others, hornets are a sub-species of wasp. Wasps have a prominent narrow waist between thorax and abdomen.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hornet

Biggest wasp? Cicada killer

#wasp #hornet #bee

Yellow and black wasp, a cicada killer, with a cicada the wasp has immobilized. Both large insects are resting on a person's open hand near the fingertips. Background is green grass and trees in the distance.
Yellow and black wasp, a cicada killer, with a cicada the wasp has immobilized. Both large insects are resting on a person's open hand near the fingertips. Background is green grass and trees in the distance.
Yellow and black wasp, a cicada killer, with a cicada the wasp has immobilized. Both large insects are resting on a person's open hand near the fingertips. Background is green grass and trees in the distance.
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Wen
@Wen@mastodon.scot  ·  activity timestamp last month

An article that highlights the annual ‘wasp watch’ survey in the UK and why it is important. A good

It may be the last thing on your mind as the wasp lands on your picnic. But before you swipe it away, scientists would like you to make a note of exactly what it is eating.

http://archive.today/2025.08.02-141644/https://www.thetimes.com/uk/environment/article/why-scientists-want-you-to-snoop-on-the-wasp-in-your-garden-tkjbp69fk (archive)

https://www.bigwaspsurvey.org/

#Wasp#Survey#CitizenScience#BigWaspSurvey#UK#UCL#UoG

A wasp trap - don’t forget t let the critter out.
A wasp trap - don’t forget t let the critter out.
A wasp trap - don’t forget t let the critter out.
A close up photograph of a wasp - possibly sitting on a piece of cake?
A close up photograph of a wasp - possibly sitting on a piece of cake?
A close up photograph of a wasp - possibly sitting on a piece of cake?
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@Wen@mastodon.scot  ·  activity timestamp last month

An article that highlights the annual ‘wasp watch’ survey in the UK and why it is important. A good

It may be the last thing on your mind as the wasp lands on your picnic. But before you swipe it away, scientists would like you to make a note of exactly what it is eating.

http://archive.today/2025.08.02-141644/https://www.thetimes.com/uk/environment/article/why-scientists-want-you-to-snoop-on-the-wasp-in-your-garden-tkjbp69fk (archive)

https://www.bigwaspsurvey.org/

#Wasp#Survey#CitizenScience#BigWaspSurvey#UK#UCL#UoG

A wasp trap - don’t forget t let the critter out.
A wasp trap - don’t forget t let the critter out.
A wasp trap - don’t forget t let the critter out.
A close up photograph of a wasp - possibly sitting on a piece of cake?
A close up photograph of a wasp - possibly sitting on a piece of cake?
A close up photograph of a wasp - possibly sitting on a piece of cake?
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