Florida wasps

Spring Flowers Bring Beautiful Wasps and Bees

Mar 5, 2025

Flower Flight One of the things that I miss the most in winter is insects. I love insects and spiders...

Beautiful Ammophila pectipennis Wasps Love the Nectar of Fall Wildflowers

Oct 31, 2024

Wasp with an Appetite. Until 2023, I had never seen, or at least never noticed these beautiful Ammophila pectipennis wasps....

Beautiful Glowing Drawings Can be Used to Illustrate Insects

Dec 18, 2023

Neon Wasp Not long ago, I started doing some of these glowing line drawings from some of my photos. Earlier...

The Beautiful Scoliid Wasps are a Good Reminder of Nature’s Interconnectedness

Nov 20, 2023

Another Hungry Wasp I have always been captivated by the exquisite beauty of scoliid wasps, including this one that was...

The Fine Backed Red Paper Wasp is Known to be a Great Fall Pollinator

Nov 19, 2023

Red in the Tamarisk Recently, I took a hike in Gothe State Forest that led me to a large patch...

Paper Wasps are Beautiful and Very Interesting

Nov 9, 2023

Wild for Nectar Paper wasps (Polistes exclamans), belonging to the family Vespidae, are fascinating creatures known for their slender bodies,...

Beautiful Pink Tamarisk Flowers are Loved by Fall Pollinators

Oct 28, 2023

Thynnid in the Tamarisk When I went hiking last weekend I found a huge patch of tamarisk flowers (Tamarix sp.)...

Just Another Beautiful Ammophila Wasp

Sep 12, 2023

Just Another Beautiful Ammophila Wasp shows readers a macro photo of this fairly uncommon Florida wasp. It explains that although they are generally uncommon the author/artist has encountered them frequently this year.

Here’s Yet Another Interesting Pollinator that Can be Found on Tickseeds

Jul 31, 2023

Here’s Yet Another Interesting Pollinator that Can be Found on Tickseeds shows a great golden digger wasps that was photographing on a day when there were many insects out and enjoying the flowers.

Noble Scoliid Wasps are Beautiful and Great for the Environment

Jul 22, 2023

Noble Scoliid Wasps are Beautiful and Great for the Environment shows readers what these pretty wasps look like. It explains some of the basic facts about them and discusses where these wasps were found.