Lovely shot! Especially considering that you had bright sunlight to contend with.
I agree about how beautiful the patterns are, and I'm intrigued by the circle of tiny projections that look almost like perforations. I'll have to go and find out more about these kinds of eggs. It looks as if the 'baby' wasps start eating their way out along these lines - but how do they know how to start there? Must find answers ;)
It's amazing what we only notice when we get home and look more closely. All kinds of bonus surprises like that can await us :)
In a year of looking closely at the undergrowth in my garden I've only ever found one egg cluster like this, and try as I might I found it impossible to get a good shot of it, even with a solid tripod. It wasn't wasps, but Shield Bugs that had hatched out of mine, but I was too late to witness the emergence, so it's great to be able to see a similar event in your shot :)
Lovely shot! Especially considering that you had bright sunlight to contend with.
I agree about how beautiful the patterns are, and I'm intrigued by the circle of tiny projections that look almost like perforations. I'll have to go and find out more about these kinds of eggs. It looks as if the 'baby' wasps start eating their way out along these lines - but how do they know how to start there? Must find answers ;)
It's amazing what we only notice when we get home and look more closely. All kinds of bonus surprises like that can await us :)
In a year of looking closely at the undergrowth in my garden I've only ever found one egg cluster like this, and try as I might I found it impossible to get a good shot of it, even with a solid tripod. It wasn't wasps, but Shield Bugs that had hatched out of mine, but I was too late to witness the emergence, so it's great to be able to see a similar event in your shot :)