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Photography => Nature => Topic started by: Shortsighted on June 29, 2025, 03:44:17 PM

Title: Scape moth and wasp with prey
Post by: Shortsighted on June 29, 2025, 03:44:17 PM

A Yellow-collared scape moth was sipping nectar from milkweed blooms next to Reesor pond.  A wasp had caught something and was doing what wasp always do.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-jNnnRqP/0/Lz6QfgPfWr5hdMH64xJJnw3vKNBtpWjhDKQXVBxcJ/XL/Yellow-collared%20Scape%20Moth%2Ccropped-XL.png) (https://steinphotography.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-jNnnRqP/A)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-rsxMF5M/0/M4p46ZqSgfqWJLdRMrdPtMFgkP3Nn32LQCLQPtWR2/XL/Scape%20moth%20head%2Ccropped-XL.png) (https://steinphotography.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-rsxMF5M/A)
Yellow-collared scape moth on milkweed

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-J28FGTd/0/LkMgFfqGLW7BLV6mPwDtTp7xqtwbFvHF6K3jS8DBF/XL/Wasp%2C2%2Ccropped-XL.png) (https://steinphotography.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-J28FGTd/A)
Wasp with larva

Title: Re: Scape moth and wasp with prey
Post by: Charline on June 30, 2025, 10:30:38 AM

That's a cool creature!