Paper wasps scour milkweed leaf tops, hungry for aphid “honeydew” frass
(noted in this 2017 post) dropped from leaf bottoms above.
Clockwise from top left:
Guinea wasp (Polistes exclamans), Northern paper wasp (Polistes fuscatus), Metricus paper wasp (Polistes metricus), European paper wasp (Polistes dominula).
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August 20, 2019 at 9:01 am
Excellent Pics, my friend! Gotta get together soon! It’s been a long time! Peace!
August 28, 2019 at 10:41 pm
Thanks, man. Let’s do it.
August 30, 2019 at 2:35 pm
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