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Photography with cameras
Nikon D3x, Nikon D300, Canon 50D
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Keyword: Ground |
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Seite 6 von 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 | | | | The females dig tube-like tunnels for their eggs, into the ground in sandy slopes, roads, embankments, or even in the sandy joints between sidewalk slabs. The tunnels are 1 - 1. 5 metres in length. At the end are 5 - 7 (sometimes even more) chambers the size of pigeon eggs, which house the brood and their food. Th... | | |
| | ...ing, are of particular interest. Field digger wasps, and their brood, feed on flies. In addition, they seek out Umbelliferae or animal faeces (eg cow dung). When the field digger wasp sees a fly, it sneaks up, jumps on it and may fall with it to the ground. There, it paralyzes the fly and transports it to the nest. It may also happen that the field digger wasp does not paralyze the caught fly, but ‘kneads’ it until liquid comes from its mouth, which is then eaten by the field digger wasp. | | |
| | | The females lay their eggs in soil nests or ground nests. Either a new nest is dug, at an average depth of 30 cm, or the females look for pre-existing nests from other digger wasps. In the latter case they are not able to distinguish between already occupied and unoccupied nests, which often leads t... | | |
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