Wasps (insects not Americans)

[ladymuck]

How do you keep them hydrated or rehydration them?

Oddly not seen many wasps and less hoverflies than normal.

You try to encourage them towards a bit of sugar water - 2 parts sugar to 1 part water - but don't leave it out permanently, it should be a tiny bit just to give the one bee an energy boost so it can get home to recover

[d000hg]

Even the bees are looking for handouts. No wonder they're dying out with that sort of millenial work ethic

We get quite a few dragonflies round here, they are always nice to see.

[SueEllen]

Even the bees are looking for handouts. No wonder they're dying out with that sort of millenial work ethic

We get quite a few dragonflies round here, they are always nice to see.

Randomly get them.

Don't know where the nearest pond is.

[Dark Black]

Loads around this year, 3 nests.

[WTFH]

We get quite a few dragonflies round here, they are always nice to see.

We have a few of their larvae in the pond, and see the adults buzzing around - always great to see them and the damselflies

[DoctorStrangelove]

Saw a ruby tailed wasp a couple of weeks ago, attention attracted by the metallic green sheen of its body.

https://www.insectweek.co.uk/discove...Tailed%20Wasps.

Tiny & parasitic.

[Dark Black]

Saw a ruby tailed wasp a couple of weeks ago, attention attracted by the metallic green sheen of its body.

https://www.insectweek.co.uk/discove...Tailed%20Wasps.

Tiny & parasitic.

Fascinating, never seen one of those.

[DoctorStrangelove]

Fascinating, never seen one of those.

Neither had I until a couple of weeks ago during the previous heatwave when I had the kitchen window open whilst doing the dishes & noticed this tiny green thing shining in the sunlight looking for holes in the shed wall.

Fortunately for the bees, it didn't find any there & eventually flew away.

[WTFH]

We get quite a few dragonflies round here, they are always nice to see.

Saw this the other day...






Sorry about the image quality, I had the wrong lens on, so this was the best I could manage

[Dark Black]

Dragonfly.

One of our cats is extremely adept at catching those as they fly* around the garden.

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_{* the dragonflies, not the cat}