littleocelli
She/Her, 20 | Personal blog | welcome to my lair, there are lots of bugs in here please shake each and every one of their hands and clawsinterests: insects, stamps, cigarette cards, vintage stuff, ocean liners,
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i saw this article on my phones news app and i had to do this
we are so fucking back
this mud dauber wasp (Sceliphron caementarium) seemed distressed about something in her clay nest. Turns out it had been commandeered by a keyhole wasp (Pachodynerus nasidens), who was now aggressively asserting ownership
keyhole wasps, which hunt weevils and other small beetles, will opportunistically nest in any sort of small cavity (such as a keyhole). The existing literature on this species doesn’t say anything about taking over other wasp‘s nests, only that they sometimes refurbish abandoned nests, but I guess this one didn’t get the memo.
This isn't the worst of their mischief though- they also have a habit of building nests that clog up the airspeed measuring instruments in planes and have caused several fatal crashes.
(Florida, 10/6/21)
a handul of pirate-themed stamps from carribbean countries
