With banana for scale! (Banana is too small to see)
this post was submitted on 23 Jun 2025
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"These guys are honestly fairly chill as long as you’re not close to their nest (like inside 1m), and they’re important pollinators and great pest removal experts."
Save the flamethrower for the real scary bugs.
Adorable fella :)
His front legs look like how mine feel getting up in the morning. We're here for you bud.
How I perceive Aussie photos of "normal everyday" critters
"Crikey that is a big one!" - Australian posting photo they took of critter
me thinking "Is that a pickup next to that?"
"Crikey that is a big one!"
That’s what she said
"Is that a pickup next to that?"
No it’s a ute
Yes ute 'Murican Man like ute
Haha. That's awesome, thanks for the added fun.
Paper wasp, nice photo. These guys are honestly fairly chill as long as you're not close to their nest (like inside 1m), and they're important pollinators and great pest removal experts.
Paper wasp
Are these the big chunkas that grab on to the whole bodies of grasshoppers and pull them into their nests for the bebes?
They're not huge, under 2cm. They catch spiders and caterpillars according to wiki, I've mostly seen them with small caterpillars. And yep - back to their cool hexagon nests for the larvae and queen.
Here's a webpage with a close relative Aus wasp that makes the same kinds of nests, lots of good pics. https://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_vespoidwasps/PaperWasps.htm
Ah, these aren't the big chunkas I am talking about but maybe their distant cousins. I am not even sure how to describe the guys I am talking about. Gigantic though, they're pretty big. Around 5cm in length. Orange like too. Thanks for the website, the info is great and I am going to pass it on.
Maybe some kind of spider wasp aka tarantula hawk. They're much bigger and IMO very pretty. Often attract some observers if they're dragging away a big spider they've caught near a school or house. I've seen the orange and black common one most often, they're loud and and can give you a shock if they fly past your head. Cheers https://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/biosecurity/plant/bees-and-wasps/spider-wasp
I think this (Horse’s Paper Wasp) might be the guy. You could see them at a distance quite easily. They were fairly large. I realized only after your lovely post that it was a big and vague ask. Either way, bugs are wonderful and thanks for the share. Cheers!
Oh thanks. I didn't know what it was.
Was this taken before, or after you died?
He didn't attack thankfully. Am still alive.
True story, wasp attacks are insane. Not one of them, but the brutality of their union.
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It was taken just before the buzzer struck
You passed stingy bois ocular patdown.
Fuck me look at the size of him
Is this a small deadly stingy boi or a big painful but maybe less deadly stingy boi
I really don't know I'm afraid.
I'd be more scared of that than all the spiders and snakes combined
That’s a big boi.