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[asakiyume]

I ate my lunch outside on Tuesday and saw two wasps tussling--they were locked in an embrace, face to face, and tumbling round; then they broke apart and one flew away and the other dusted itself off very carefully, opening and closing its mouth as if panting, and then it flew away, too.

I searched on "wasps wrestling" but came up mainly with high school wrestling teams... and one Youtube video that was actually of wasps, but engaged in, uh... a different kind of behavior. My wasps were definitely not procreating; it looked much more like play, or rivalry. Or maybe I'm wrong and this couple just has a more boisterous style of lovemaking.

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[sovay]

Or maybe I'm wrong and this couple just has a more boisterous style of lovemaking.

I'm sorry, I thought inescapably of this video. It should be watched all the way through:

Run the Jewels, "Love Again (Akinyele Back) (feat. Gangsta Boo)"

(Hours of nature photography. I am just in all ways very impressed by Ninian Doff.)

[asakiyume]

Okay, I laughed out loud at that last shot. And overall, wow: that video is amazing.

[sovay]

And overall, wow: that video is amazing.

I got it from handful_ofdust. I don't watch that many music videos that make me laugh.

[gale_storm]

Oh, wow! Thank you so much for sharing! Hyper-macro-photography!

And that last shot was amazingly cool! :D

[sovay]

Oh, wow! Thank you so much for sharing! Hyper-macro-photography!

You're very welcome! It is the sort of video that needs sharing.

(Nice icon.)

[gale_storm]

Thanks. It's ages old and not my design.

[amaebi]

Wasp debate
less sharp than you'd think--
a wrestling of carapace
thrusting elegant
carapace.

[asakiyume]

*love*

[queenoftheskies]

How cool!

[asakiyume]

It's fun, all these little creatures going about their lives, doing their thing, side by side with us.

[amaebi]

God bless the cheese mites.

[asakiyume]

In all their tiny glory!