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. !!!!!! ?????