Down At The Watering Hole

09/16Posted in Animals, Animals (Invertebrates), Garden, Garden Pond, Nature Photography, WaspsTagged Common Wasp, Hymenoptera, Insects, Macro, Macro Photography, Nature, Nature Photography, Vespidae, Vespula vulgaris, Wasp, Wasps, Wildlife, Wildlife Photography

Photographs of Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris) taken August 2016, rear garden pond, Staffordshire. © Pete Hillman 2016. Camera used Nikon D3200, with Sigma 105mm macro lens.

I have had a fascinating few months watching my garden pond develop, but one thing I wasn’t really expecting was the regular visitation of wasps. They drop by to have a drink, and then they are off again, and aren’t any real bother at all.