Wasp baiting

Lord Vetinari

After much trying I finally managed to bait some wasps with a small piece of raw fish. The wasps were biting off small chunks and carrying them back to their nest.
Last shot is a 14 shot animation and may take a while to load.

Brian V.

Skippy

Lord Vetinari wrote:

After much trying I finally managed to bait some wasps with a small piece of raw fish. The wasps were biting off small chunks and carrying them back to their nest.
Last shot is a 14 shot animation and may take a while to load.

Brian V.

Now that would have been aweseome to see for real.
Getting to see how they use those jaws to rip the fish apart

Did it take them long to cut pieces from the Bait you put out?

Awesome animation Brian :ivar ......... Skippy
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Lord Vetinari

Thanks Skippy
I'd guess it took about 30 secs to get a suitable piece off. I was trying to time how long it would take them to get rid of the whole 1"*2" piece, but my cat ran off with it halfway through

Brian V.

BillyTom

Lord Vetinari wrote:

After much trying I finally managed to bait some wasps with a small piece of raw fish. The wasps were biting off small chunks and carrying them back to their nest.
Last shot is a 14 shot animation and may take a while to load.

Brian V.

These are just way cool. The animation shot is a testiment to how magnificent nature is!! I guess I need to start warming the wife up to a Macro lens!!

Giphsub

Ha! Lucky puss!

Great set Brian. And that animation is very cool too

Ekaj

Very cool shots. I like the animation. I'm thinking about getting a d90 to make macro movies.

Cuong

That small chunk looks like half the size of its body. Love all the shots, especially the animation.

Cuong

GOLDENORFE

great shots Brian, thats a good idea to keep them interested .
are they the same wasps i shot? or germans.
phil

Lord Vetinari

Thanks for the comments

Phil - these are common wasps - have the near anchor shape between the eyes.

Brian V.