PDP #278: Wasp-er Wednesday

As what is shaping up to be Things With Wings Week here on Acts of Minor Treason continues, I'd just like to state for the record that I am not a buggist. I know they're annoying when they get all up ins your business and little beyond that, so when I managed to snap a picture of this one as I stood stock-still, trying to avoid pissing it off because I had no interest in it stinging me. I'd thought it was a bee at first, but as it turns out it appears to be an example of Vespula vulgaris - the common wasp. I've never been able to look this closely at one before.

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