20+ big wasps & bugs.
Five kinds of wasp & other bugs came by for water. This was the most common. Black beak & black head-top. A little hair. Some have a Batman logo on their face, some don't. They usually got along with everybody else, but sometimes one would come in & chase off everybody at the watering bucket before landing to drink.
They can get jumpy, I sat still. When I got really sweaty, i walked away lest I be considered Water.
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This one has the Batman logo nose...
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No Batman logo nose...
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The floater got bumped but didn't break through the surface tension. Sometimes they fall through the water.
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This Thing showed up, gave everybody else the evil eye & spooked-out all the other fliers & they left the scene. When it flew away, it went at supersonic speeds with a big Whoosh! Awesome.
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Some kind of hyper-fly with stinger?
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The little bugs every where - they land on the edge of the bucket & dive in.
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The wasps are irritated, but they seem to ignore the littler bugs as much as they can. Sometimes they Seem to help them out.
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These little bugs just dive in & struggle against the surface tension. Sometimes they get lucky. I've given them blades of grass to aid their escapes & they just turn around & dive back in. "Ah! Of course!" I said.
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Arrow on the abdomen, pointing tailwards. There's another wasp with the arrow pointing towards the front. It has other different markings, too, on the head, middle & abdomen. It has slightly different eyes. It's on the next page...
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Mouth parts. Clever.
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They have lots of Touching meetings
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