There are few things in life better than fresh Colorado Peaches ...
but as they reach the peak ripeness, you have to battle
various critters for 'em as they ripen.
Birds really go after
my peach trees
but the wasps can be pretty aggressive also as seen below.
Wasp Peach Fest - one gets pushed away in the second picture
About a second late - note how territorial the wasp is about his peach!
Another Wasp comes in for a landing on the peach
Same Wasp has landed and crawling on the peach
Again the same Wasp now taking a BIG bite outa the peach!
Wasps typically let birds break the skin, but one starts a new hole here
Wasps are REALLY active on peaches that have fallen - flys too! I count 18 wasps, 2 flys, and one unknown buzzing insect - can you see 'em all?
Remember, I'm less than five feet away from all this action - yikes!
Peach Wasps are climbing all over each other for the good parts
I used a shovel to "flick" the peach away - still lotta good eatin' on the rocks
These pictures were taken with a Rebel XTi DSLR using a
Canon 70-300DO lens ...
so I was about five feet away (minimum focusing distance) zoomed in
for these shots. I.e. far enough away that I didn't disturb the peach wasps
too much ... but close enough that they coulda come after me!
2012 Peaches: Various pictures of a Wasp that came in the house to enjoy some peaches!
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I gave the wasp a slight nudge with a kitchen knife
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