Wasp trap – suggestions please

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

Posted by Circlip on 20/08/2019 09:32:39:

Nice pictures Neil. Is it a special phone that has an orientation programme built in or is it an app?

Regards Ian.

It's a Moto G5, a bit of a 'Dad phone'. The second picture was taken with manual focus, moving the phone to get it sharp.

Neil

[Nick Clarke 3Participant @nickclarke3]

Posted by Neil Wyatt on 20/08/2019 09:56:55:

Posted by Circlip on 20/08/2019 09:32:39:

Nice pictures Neil. Is it a special phone that has an orientation programme built in or is it an app?

Regards Ian.

It's a Moto G5, a bit of a 'Dad phone'. The second picture was taken with manual focus, moving the phone to get it sharp.

Neil

One of the nice things about the G5 is the 13Mp camera – I was surprised when I recently upgraded to the G7 that it was only 12Mp. A better phone but a lower spec'ed camera.

I only upgraded because the screen on the G5 was being heat damaged near the switch.

Nick

PS: A Dad phone? – That's not what my two 20ish daughters call it…………. !

[peak4Participant @peak4]

Posted by Neil Wyatt on 20/08/2019 09:54:52:

Posted by Bill Phinn on 20/08/2019 00:25:39:

Nice pictures, Neil.

Are they both brown hawkers?

I think the second one is a migrant hawker.

@ChrisB – it's a parasitic wasp of some sort. The 'Alien' of the insect world…

Neil

Brown ♂ and Migrant ♀ Hawkers I think.

Some quite good ID guides HERE

Bill

Edited By peak4 on 20/08/2019 13:01:09

[JimmieSParticipant @jimmies]

Thanks for all advice. Wasps must have being reading this thread as numbers have dropped like a swatted insect over he past few days – probably coming to the end of their season.

Jim

[not done it yetParticipant @notdoneityet]

They will persist until there are a few sharp frosts. Fewer, of course, because this year’s queen is not making any more (well, nearly all of them by now). Ripe fruit are a magnet for them.

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