Nigel Armes wrote:
> Great shot Syed. Very sharp for a picture shot through glass. By the way this is a Yellow
> Jacket (or Wasp in the UK) and not a hoverfly. One key distinguishing feature hoverflies don't
> sting, these do!
>
Thanks Nigel for your comment and rating.And thanks for correcting me that it is a wasp because i thought that it is a hoverfly.
Regards
SSAN

Syed -

Very nice shot - indeed! And it's good that you had some glass between you and it.

Nigel is correct - these Yellow Jackets (as we refer to them here in the south) sting (again and again) with a vengeance.

Some years ago I got first-hand experience being on the receiving end of an attack when I disturbed their nest - which was in the ground. It so happened that I had run right over the nest with a gas-powered lawnmower (something I would never do intentionally). A black and yellow cloud erupted from the ground (between the rear of the lawnmower and me) as I passed over the nest.

I made a mad dash to the house getting stung again and again. Once inside several continued to sting until I was able to kill them all. I was sore for more than a week from a dozen or so stings.

Later that night revenge was mine: I love the smell of napalm in the evening. Actually it was kerosene and a bit of lighter fluid. Sadly, sometimes drastic measures are necessary.

-leon

Leon Plympton wrote:
> Syed -
>
> Very nice shot - indeed! And it's good that you had some glass between you and it.
>
> Nigel is correct - these Yellow Jackets (as we refer to them here in the south) sting (again
> and again) with a vengeance.
>
> Some years ago I got first-hand experience being on the receiving end of an attack when I
> disturbed their nest - which was in the ground. It so happened that I had run right over the
> nest with a gas-powered lawnmower (something I would never do intentionally). A black and
> yellow cloud erupted from the ground (between the rear of the lawnmower and me) as I passed
> over the nest.
>
> I made a mad dash to the house getting stung again and again. Once inside several continued
> to sting until I was able to kill them all. I was sore for more than a week from a dozen or
> so stings.
>
> Later that night revenge was mine: I love the smell of napalm in the evening. Actually it
> was kerosene and a bit of lighter fluid. Sadly, sometimes drastic measures are necessary.
>
> -leon
>
Thanks Leon for you comment, I don't know which one stings and which one don't but i try to stay away from all of these kind so to avoid the warfare you were forced into.
Regards
SSAN