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This is a ******* wasp!

3rd June, 20143rd June, 2019 Matthew Chatfield 3 Comments imgur, wasps

Regular readers will know how the Ranger has an uneasy respect for waspkind. At this time of the year there

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The Ranger's surfing highlights 

Chrysis inaequidens, the jewelled cuckoo wasp

4th June, 201326th February, 2014 Matthew Chatfield 1 Comment bees, hymeroptera, insects, invertebrates, parasites, wasps

Look at this gorgeous North American solitary wasp (click the image for a bigger version if you like). Now wonder

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Wasp scissors are safe and simple.

13th July, 2012 Matthew Chatfield 0 Comments bagley, challenge, scissors, wasps, woodwork

In days gone by, we hear from time to time, people used to make their own entertainment. Indeed they did;

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Four massive wasps

16th May, 2012 Matthew Chatfield 1 Comment hornets, massive animals, Vespa mandarinia, wasps

We heard you wanted to see a picture of four massive wasps. So here they are. These appear to be

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The Ranger's surfing highlights 

Anatomy of a wasp

13th May, 20127th July, 2014 Matthew Chatfield 0 Comments wasp, wasps
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The Wasp Piñata

11th September, 20111st April, 2014 Matthew Chatfield 3 Comments hymenopterans, invertebrates, wasps

Wasps! Urgh! What are they good for? Absolutely nothing! Well, you’d think so by the amount of cursing they get

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The Ranger's surfing highlights 

This is a ******* wasp!

31st December, 2010 Matthew Chatfield 3 Comments funny, Vespa mandarinia, wasps

Regular readers will know how the Ranger has an uneasy respect for waspkind. At this time of the year it’s

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Isle of Wight Protected species 

Beewolf buzzing Ryde once more

15th July, 2009 Matthew Chatfield 5 Comments bee wolf, bees, wasps

In 2007 The Ranger wrote about his local colony of Philanthus triangulum, the European beewolf. Sadly, in 2008 the fearsome

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Notes from a Wildlife Garden 

The Hornet Whisperer

20th June, 2008 The Wildlife Gardener 6 Comments hornets, wasps

By Ruth D’Alessandro, The Wildlife Gardener The Wildlife Gardener has special powers. She can talk to hornets. Just recently she

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What is the purpose of wasps?

10th July, 200723rd July, 2018 Matthew Chatfield 24 Comments insects, smell, unusual, wasps

What use are wasps? A perennial question. “Why did God make wasps?” is even asked as a theological poser –

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