male paper wasps are famously huge wimps but no individual i've ever encountered captures their essence quite as much as this one pathetically clinging to a plant like a crying baby while looking at me with his huge pleading green eyes after i interrupted his early evening nap
(August 6th, 2025)
my favorite kind of tags to see. unfortunately that would be the loathsome Acacia dealbata, a plant that i'm sure is beautiful in its native range surrounded by species that evolved alongside it but obliterates entire swaths of forest here












