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Doubledealer_93<p>Todays workout post, with Skywasp! My god this color scheme is fire. . . . . . . . <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23transformersbeastwars" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#transformersbeastwars</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23transformerslegacy" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#transformerslegacy</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23waspinator" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#waspinator</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23predacon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#predacon</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23wasp" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wasp</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23buzzsaw" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#buzzsaw</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23skywasp" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#skywasp</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23toyphotography" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#toyphotography</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23photography" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photography</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23actionfigures" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#actionfigures</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23toys" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#toys</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23diorama" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#diorama</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23miniature" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#miniature</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23lightpiping" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lightpiping</a></p>
Radical Anthropology<p>Nice article here on the behaviour of those nice <a href="https://c.im/tags/wasp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wasp</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/queens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>queens</span></a></p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/heres-how-to-create-a-more-nature-literate-society-253373" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/heres-how-</span><span class="invisible">to-create-a-more-nature-literate-society-253373</span></a></p>
Doubledealer_93<p>WAZZZPINATOR BRING AXE DOWN!!! . . . . <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23transformersbeastwars" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#transformersbeastwars</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23transformerslegacy" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#transformerslegacy</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23waspinator" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#waspinator</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23predacon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#predacon</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23wasp" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wasp</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23buzzsaw" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#buzzsaw</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23skywasp" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#skywasp</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23toyphotography" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#toyphotography</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23photography" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photography</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23actionfigures" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#actionfigures</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23toys" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#toys</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23diorama" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#diorama</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23miniature" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#miniature</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23lightpiping" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lightpiping</a></p>
Doubledealer_93<p>Waspinator with a big ol axe. . . . . . <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23transformersbeastwars" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#transformersbeastwars</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23transformerslegacy" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#transformerslegacy</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23waspinator" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#waspinator</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23predacon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#predacon</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23wasp" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wasp</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23buzzsaw" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#buzzsaw</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23skywasp" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#skywasp</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23toyphotography" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#toyphotography</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23photography" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photography</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23actionfigures" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#actionfigures</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23toys" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#toys</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23diorama" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#diorama</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23miniature" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#miniature</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23lightpiping" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lightpiping</a></p>
Doubledealer_93<p>Wazzzpinator has brought some friends... <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23transformersbeastwars" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#transformersbeastwars</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23transformerslegacy" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#transformerslegacy</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23waspinator" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#waspinator</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23predacon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#predacon</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23wasp" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wasp</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23buzzsaw" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#buzzsaw</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23skywasp" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#skywasp</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23toyphotography" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#toyphotography</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23photography" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photography</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23actionfigures" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#actionfigures</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23toys" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#toys</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23diorama" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#diorama</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23miniature" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#miniature</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23lightpiping" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lightpiping</a></p>
Ryan Hodnett<p>Dasyscolia ciliata on Sage-leaved Rock-Rose (Cistus salviifolius)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Wasp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wasp</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/RockRose" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RockRose</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Hymenoptera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hymenoptera</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ArtWithOpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArtWithOpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Darktable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Darktable</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/CCBYSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CCBYSA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Insect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Insect</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Insects</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Wasps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wasps</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Cistus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cistus</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Bloomscrolling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bloomscrolling</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Florespondence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Florespondence</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Flowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Flowers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Plant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Plant</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Plants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Plants</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Animal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Animal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Animals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Animals</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/AnimalPhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AnimalPhotography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wildlife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/WildlifePhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WildlifePhotography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/NaturePhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NaturePhotography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Photography</span></a></p>
LionelB<p>I think the first wasp I saw last year was in around August. This isolated example today was a big surprise.</p><p><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/wasp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wasp</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insects</span></a></p>
Ashes and Dust<p>Shadows of Contemplation.<br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/InsektenSamstag" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InsektenSamstag</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/insect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insect</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Hymenoptera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hymenoptera</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/wasp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wasp</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Ichneumonidae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ichneumonidae</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Manitoba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Manitoba</span></a></p>
Autiste à :ch_Vaud:🌊 #woke<p><a href="https://tooting.ch/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s <a href="https://tooting.ch/tags/SecretPolice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SecretPolice</span></a> Are Stalking More and More Students </p><p>We are at that point when one can consider that travelling to the <a href="https://tooting.ch/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> if you're not <a href="https://tooting.ch/tags/WASP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WASP</span></a> and wealthy, is highly dangerous. And also remaining in the US if you are only on <a href="https://tooting.ch/tags/visa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>visa</span></a> or <a href="https://tooting.ch/tags/greencard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>greencard</span></a> also puts you at high risk of being simply disappeared on a pure whim, by zealote officers of a heavily <a href="https://tooting.ch/tags/racist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>racist</span></a>, <a href="https://tooting.ch/tags/xenophobic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>xenophobic</span></a> and <a href="https://tooting.ch/tags/authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarian</span></a> <a href="https://tooting.ch/tags/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorship</span></a> . The USA are not a <a href="https://tooting.ch/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> anymore. You can't trust it.</p><p> <a href="https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/03/trump-ice-secret-police-student-abduction/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">motherjones.com/politics/2025/</span><span class="invisible">03/trump-ice-secret-police-student-abduction/</span></a></p>
David Michael Self<p>Paper <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Wasp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wasp</span></a>, / <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Polistes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Polistes</span></a> annularis /. These ladies survive winter by storing up nectar in their nests, which turns into a thick liquid, not quite, but a lot like honey.</p><p>(Canon M50, 180mm macro, f/4, crop)</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insects</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/wasps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wasps</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/macroPhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>macroPhotography</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/insectPhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insectPhotography</span></a></p>
John E. Bartley, III (D) K7AAY<p><a href="https://www.opb.org/article/2025/03/28/hazel-ying-lee-wasp-hero/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">opb.org/article/2025/03/28/haz</span><span class="invisible">el-ying-lee-wasp-hero/</span></a> <a href="https://pdx.social/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DEI</span></a> <a href="https://pdx.social/tags/WASP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WASP</span></a> <a href="https://pdx.social/tags/pilots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pilots</span></a> <a href="https://pdx.social/tags/WW2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WW2</span></a> <a href="https://pdx.social/tags/ChineseAmerican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChineseAmerican</span></a> <a href="https://pdx.social/tags/PDX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PDX</span></a> <a href="https://pdx.social/tags/PortlandOR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PortlandOR</span></a> <a href="https://pdx.social/tags/PortlandOregon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PortlandOregon</span></a> <a href="https://pdx.social/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>racism</span></a> <a href="https://pdx.social/tags/discrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>discrimination</span></a> <a href="https://pdx.social/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>racism</span></a></p>
Bob Nicholls Art<p>My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...</p><p>The 2022 Korean translation of Locked in Time (by Dr Dean Lomax &amp; published by Columbia University Press) commissioned me to colourise my 50 greyscale illustrations. Here's "Condemning the host," showing a prehistoric wasp (Xenomorphia) injecting an egg into a fly pupa.</p><p><a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Art</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Painting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Painting</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/PaleoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PaleoArt</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/SciArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SciArt</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/SciComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SciComm</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/DigitalArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalArt</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Illustration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Illustration</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Dinosaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dinosaurs</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Birds</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Reptiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Reptiles</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Palaeontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palaeontology</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Paleontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Paleontology</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Xenomorph" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Xenomorph</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Wasp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wasp</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Insects</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/JurassicPark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JurassicPark</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/JurassicWorld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JurassicWorld</span></a></p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p><a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Hummingbird" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hummingbird</span></a> chick acts like a <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/caterpillar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>caterpillar</span></a> to survive<br><a href="https://phys.org/news/2025-03-hummingbird-chick-caterpillar-survive.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2025-03-hummingb</span><span class="invisible">ird-chick-caterpillar-survive.html</span></a></p><p>"Unlike most <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/hummingbirds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hummingbirds</span></a>, the jacobin chick was covered in long brown feathers... they saw a predatory <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/wasp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wasp</span></a> approach the chick when the mother was away. As the wasp hovered above the nest, the chick started to twitch its body vigorously, swinging its head from side to side. A few seconds later, the wasp flew away... many <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/caterpillars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>caterpillars</span></a> in this region have similar-looking brown hairs that can give painful stings"</p>
Jon Sullivan<p>Yesterday I saw my 2nd "common" ectemnius, on a roadside near Lincoln, <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/NZ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NZ</span></a>. This wasp is from Europe, Asia, &amp; North America. It was first found in the southern hemisphere in Feb 2020 in Christchurch by Hannah Nolan, for her undergrad entomology collection at <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/LincolnUniversityNZ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LincolnUniversityNZ</span></a>. It triggered a biosecurity response, and she passed the course.</p><p>There have now been 30 observations, all in and around Christchurch, as it slowly expands.</p><p><a href="https://inaturalist.nz/observations/266870319" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">inaturalist.nz/observations/26</span><span class="invisible">6870319</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insects</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/wasp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wasp</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/BiologicalInvasions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BiologicalInvasions</span></a></p>

Given the Orange Felon’s push to erase everyone who isn’t a white male from history, let’s post links to original history sources here and keep the knowledge alive.

The Womens Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) museum at Avenger Field, TX
waspmuseum.org

The story to get the WASP officially recognized as veterans for their service in WWII
erinmiller0.wixsite.com/ffffbo

www.waspmuseum.orgNational WASP WWII Museum – Honoring the life and legacy of the Women Airforce Service Pilots