#stinging

[datgreenmonstah]

It’s that time of the yr again when wasp and hornet drones are abandoned by the Queen(she goes off to hibernate) and are left to fend for themselves. While ppl are familiar with wasps hunting other insects they do this only to feed their larvae, while adults rely on sugar, ie from the liquid secreted by the larvae(it’s like a honeydew) or from flower nectar.

So when there is no more larvae or flowers they can get hangry and cause unwanted stinging, but if you help them out in their last days before the freeze takes them you’ll give them a full belly and avoid being stung.

It always helps to be kind 🫰

[izzylovescheesecake]

MY COLLECTION OF SEA ANIMALSSS (itll get bigger for sure >:))

[dinosaurwithablog]

The yellowjacket hive has gotten so big that I can't even see the birdhouse anymore. They're mellow right now because it's getting dark, but during the day, they are very, very active. They are everywhere. It's a bit intimidating, to be honest. They'll be gone on Monday. I'm gonna miss watching them, but I can't risk them stinging Petey. I've been told that by August they will be very, very, very aggressive and they'll attack without provocation. I can't let that happen. I feel badly getting rid of them, but I have no other logical choice. It's been fun watching them build their hive.

[lunarvicar]

sunburned my part in Mexico City

[chaos64sprinkles]

Woobirdy chopping the cheese with demonstration!

The Day-to-Day with Woobirdy

(which in the gif reveals that he is gay men )

[whats-in-a-sentence]

Swallows

Thomas Hornsby Ferril

The prairie wind blew harder than it could,

Even the spines of cactus trembled back,

I crouched in an arroyo clamping my hands

On my eyes the sand was stinging yellow black.

In a break of the black I let my lashes part,

Looked overhead and saw I was not alone,

I could almost reach through the roar and almost touch

A treadmill of swallows almost holding their own.

"Reflections on a Gift of Watermelon Pickle... And Other Modern Verse" - compiled by Stephen Dunning, Edward Lueders, and Hugh Smith

[jillraggett]

Plant of the Day

Monday 15 November 2021

In the Systematic Beds of Cambridge Botanic Garden, UK, the sculptural five chambered seed cases of Blumenbachia insignis (electric shock plant) are all that remains of this unusual hardy annual. This species has fine, stinging hairs which cover all parts of the plant which contribute to the common name. The plant was introduced to British gardens in 1826 from Argentina.

Jill Raggett