I’m thinking paper probably isn’t the sturdiest material to build an umbrella out of right? Well, that’s why they so often build their homes in sheltered areas around our human houses! Yes, I’m talking about the Paper Wasp, or Ol’ Dangle-legs as my partner likes to call them :)

In-between the summer rain showers, I found this lovely creature resting on my garden hose. This is a type of Thread-waisted wasp (taxonomic family = Sphecidae), called the Great Black Wasp, Sphex pensylvanicus.

We’ve all heard the stories right? Of that poor sot who was out mowing the lawn and accidentally ran over a hidden wasp nest… Well, finally I am that poor sot.