Insects and Spiders

Red Wasp Gets A Drink

This is the 2nd wasp species that was coming to my daughter's birdbath on the Fourth of July. The water on this side of the birdbath was reflecting the cloudless blue skies.
Fine-backed Red Wasp (Polistes carolina)

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