Nature fascinates – again!

Nature,   human and otherwise,  is endlessly interesting in all aspects from appearance to behaviour and tends to keep my eyebrows raised in observation.  Today the wonder has to do with a wasp.

That damp spot on the piece of wood is where the wasp in question was sitting but flew away when I raised my camera to takes its photo.

It was covered in nectar from the hummingbird feeder.  It had begun cleaning the sugary coating from its antennae.  Having wings that a cake decorator would understand did not seem to hamper its flight.

That is intriguing enough.

But when I explain that this is the hummingbird feeder and that wasp was inside it, in the nectar, for two days – well, I hope your eyebrows  have lifted as well.

I saw the wasp in the feeder and peered in at – it wasn't  moving – so I assumed it was dead and did not rush to rescue it.  I noticed it the next day a few times but was too busy to remove it. 

This morning, when I took the feeder down intending to change the nectar and give the wasp a 'sweet' burial,  I found the wasp very much alive,  splashing away,  very eager and quick to climb up onto the stick I immediately offered it.  It then sat on that stick for perhaps twenty seconds while I went for the camera.  Then it flew away.   !!!!!!   ?????