tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6072479063452233450.post3236646461823351182..comments2024-03-13T19:28:05.813-04:00Comments on Ohio Birds and Biodiversity: King of the waspsJim McCormachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07444322057532066466noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6072479063452233450.post-4526389696216691312014-09-07T17:44:48.349-04:002014-09-07T17:44:48.349-04:00Very interesting. My grandson found a paper wasp ...Very interesting. My grandson found a paper wasp nest oon their porch and when he removed it it was full of various spiders that the wasps apparently brought in from the woods. Anyone know what type of wasp does this? Markmarknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6072479063452233450.post-10760732865138753722011-08-30T20:28:09.385-04:002011-08-30T20:28:09.385-04:00Thanks for the comments, all. These workshops woul...Thanks for the comments, all. These workshops would be right up your alley, H of the H. Michelle, lucky you! Great photo ops of one of our coolest wasps, right in the yard.<br /><br />You'll have to start studying wasps more closely, Andrew - after all, they are vital pollinators of many of those plants that you photo-document so beautifully!Jim McCormachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07444322057532066466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6072479063452233450.post-9599037922836496722011-08-30T17:25:34.435-04:002011-08-30T17:25:34.435-04:00Awesome post, Jim! I know next to nothing about w...Awesome post, Jim! I know next to nothing about wasps but definitely recognized several from your pictures. Always nice to put a name with a face.<br /><br />I had the luck of seeing a female cicada killer drag a stunned cicada into her burrow along the boardwalk at Prairie Rd Fen yesterday. There's no mistaking those flying fortresses!Andrew Lane Gibsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01555125434346996812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6072479063452233450.post-11080695425623169232011-08-30T11:07:24.406-04:002011-08-30T11:07:24.406-04:00I have Cicada Killer wasps that burrow in my front...I have Cicada Killer wasps that burrow in my front yard. They find an almost bare patch of "grass" and away they go. FREAKED me out the first year I noticed them...they are so huge!Michelle from Ohionoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6072479063452233450.post-37908363967607644412011-08-30T08:43:17.590-04:002011-08-30T08:43:17.590-04:00Fascinating stuff, Jim. I hope to get in on some ...Fascinating stuff, Jim. I hope to get in on some of these workshops next year, for sure. I'm sorry we missed the cuckoo moths during our little trek - they are really quite stunning!Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15791185232391134319noreply@blogger.com