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This week, a tribute to #Hymenoptera for #WorldWaspWeek! With a little help from Scottish poet William Sharp aka Fiona Macleod.

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A Tiger-Soul on Elfin Wings
A tribute to the unjustly maligned
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September 22, 2026 at 2:43 PM
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A Paper Wasp on the boneset for #WaspWednesday. Polistes fuscatus. #WorldWaspWeek #bugsky #nativeplants 🌱
Four different views of a male Northern Paper Wasp (I think) feeding on white boneset flowers. Here we see the back of the wasp. The curved tips of the antennae identify him as a male. He has a black thorax with one white horizontal stripe and two vertical stripes below it. His abdomen has curved tan stripes alternating with black stripes. The black stripes have concentric circles of rust and tan on each side that get smaller and disappear near the end of the abdomen. The wings are a dark rusty brown. The wasp seen from one side. His head is black on the side and his legs are a reddish-gold color. The wasp has his face in a wispy white boneset flower, his antennae folded down in front of the flower, the tips curved like shepherd's crooks. The wasp grips a flower and drinks from it facing the camera, showing his pale yellow face and khaki tan eyes. Tall Boneset, Eupatorium altissimum. Oklahoma Northern Crosstimbers ecoregion 29a.
September 24, 2026 at 1:43 AM