Ooh! Diversity! I’m very much enjoying this series, Nightjar!!
Ice Swimmersays
Concurring rq.
They all seem to have a long abdomen. The waist of the last one is a marvel.
Nightjarsays
Thank you, rq and Ice Swimmer!
The last one is a Thread-Waisted Wasp (Ammophila sp.), I love them. I think the first one is a honeybee and the second one a leafcutter bee, but the other two I don’t know.
jazzletsays
That third one looks as if it has a rather flat … arrrrrgh can’t rememer the damn word … the yellow and black part at the back looks comparitively flat from this angle. Wonderful photos Nightjar!
Nightjarsays
Thank you, jazzlet! I think abdomen is the word you’re looking for? :)
rq says
Ooh! Diversity! I’m very much enjoying this series, Nightjar!!
Ice Swimmer says
Concurring rq.
They all seem to have a long abdomen. The waist of the last one is a marvel.
Nightjar says
Thank you, rq and Ice Swimmer!
The last one is a Thread-Waisted Wasp (Ammophila sp.), I love them. I think the first one is a honeybee and the second one a leafcutter bee, but the other two I don’t know.
jazzlet says
That third one looks as if it has a rather flat … arrrrrgh can’t rememer the damn word … the yellow and black part at the back looks comparitively flat from this angle. Wonderful photos Nightjar!
Nightjar says
Thank you, jazzlet! I think abdomen is the word you’re looking for? :)