The Great Black Wasp 05/29/2011
 Insects are works of art. I love photographing them. I would relish a trip to the Rain Forest just to focus on photographing all the insects I'd see. Of course, I'd be just as excited to photograph animals, plants and people.  I photographed this today, on May 29, 2011 This a Great Black Wasp, Sphex pennsylvanicus, also known as Katydid Killer. It's a large, solitary, non-aggressive black wasp of up to 1 1/2 inches in length. It's one of the solitary digger wasps and feeds on nectar, sap, and other insects. [source: wiki.answers]   Nesting habit: Digs a burrow, one egg per chamber, into each of which it places a large insect such as a cicada or katydid which provides food for the hatched young. Novice identification is simple, in that:
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 This is a honey bee I rescued from drowning on May 29, 2011. She was trying to get her bearings in my hand. She wanted to stay on me even after showing her a leaf and flower, so I let her rest on me. Click image to see lots of bee photos  Click for ladybug photos My LADYBUG photo book is now available for sale! This makes a stunning gift book or the perfect coffee table book that adds color and beauty to any setting. Full of inspiring quotes.
  My INSECT JOURNAL CONTINUES ON THIS WEBSITE One square mile of land contains more insects than the total number of human beings on earth!
The Earth has a surface area of 196,939,900 square miles.  It's estimated that there are more than 200 million insects for each human on the planet!
 Transfer of nectar between two honey bees. The nectar goes from the worker bee to the house bee A recent New York Times article claimed that the world holds 300 pounds of insects for every pound of humans.
 Roly poly all rolled up There are some 900 thousand different kinds of living insects known in the world. The true number of insect species can only be estimated from present and past studies. Anywhere from 1 million to 10 million insects may still be unidentified as yet, according to scientists.
ArchivesSeptember 2011 CategoriesAll About insects ... "These small, six-legged creatures include bees, ants, flies, mosquitoes, grasshoppers, crickets, butterflies, cockroaches, termites, fleas, and beetles. Although some insects annoy us by spreading disease, damaging crops and household items, and biting people and pets, these represent only about 17% of all the 800,000 species. The rest of the insects serve a very valuable purpose in nature. These serve as food for birds, frogs, fish, and other animals; pollinate crops; destroy other harmful insects; give us honey, bees wax, shellac, and silk; and keep the land clean by feeding on dead animals and plants." Source of the above: http://www.bigsiteofamazingfacts.com |
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