Building a home by Meisiekind

Photography • Insects • posted on Sep 15, 2015

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This little critter was very busy building a home and didn't mind me sticking my camera up its nose! I am in a tad of trouble. On my recent travels, I took only my work laptop as I went to New York for work and then a short holiday in the UK. I have downloaded all the photos I took to the work laptop with the idea of just transferring them on a portable and then on my personal laptop when I get home. What I completely forgot was that anything we try and copy from our work laptops, are automatically encrypted and I need the same encryption software on my personal computer to make it work... *sigh* I'm working with my IT department now to assist me and as you can imagine - they are not thrilled in the least.

Comments (22)

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Otto1969

1:33PM | Tue, 15 September 2015

Great photographie, so clear, well done! Courious to know what kind of insect (wasp?) this is.

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jayfar

2:24PM | Tue, 15 September 2015

This is a fave for me Karen - love it.

Sorry to hear of your picture problems, I hope they can be sorted.

I thought you had lost your post as Mediator in the changes so am so glad you are still there.

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auntietk

2:56PM | Tue, 15 September 2015

What a super shot! I can't imagine how you got close enough to get this. Wonderful!

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jendellas

3:33PM | Tue, 15 September 2015

Excellent photo of this little worker. x

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blinkings

4:10PM | Tue, 15 September 2015

I bet that has a sting and a half!

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MrsRatbag

5:54PM | Tue, 15 September 2015

Yikes, I still wouldn't want to get that close. Excellent shot! I washed away two mud-dauber nests from the wall of my front porch the other week; luckily no adults were present, just some larva that got rinsed into the dirt. So far no rebuilding...

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CavalierLady

7:41PM | Tue, 15 September 2015

That is a wicked cool looking wasp!! Good luck with the IT dept on your pics, Carin... I would have given up in tears.

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Richardphotos

8:55PM | Tue, 15 September 2015

I put my pictures on dvd's just as soon as I can. even one never knows when a hard drive will go kaput! these creatures build so fast, but I do not allow them to build on my house. some do not know when to move on

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bmac62

9:44PM | Tue, 15 September 2015

Sharp, sharp, sharp. These are industrious little guys. I use long range wasp spray to knock 'em down.

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1971s

10:56PM | Tue, 15 September 2015

Nice!

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bakapo

11:25PM | Tue, 15 September 2015

this really is an amazing shot!

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durleybeachbum

12:53AM | Wed, 16 September 2015

What a cutie ! The holdfast is so small and looks so delicate but must be immensely strong. I can't believe all these otherwise lovely folk go around destroying nests! The only time I had to do that was when a queen wasp started one on the ceiling of my bedroom, which could have ended up housing hundreds in the colony. This lady looks fairly harmless to me. I do hope get your pics released! What a disaster!

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wysiwig

1:05AM | Wed, 16 September 2015

Just tell the IT people that art must be served. A fascinating image. She must have been really focused on her house building to not notice you. So close and sharp and very cool.

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helanker

3:10AM | Wed, 16 September 2015

Super shot of this little critter. I have never heard this could harm people. So why distroy the nest?

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Cyve

9:24AM | Wed, 16 September 2015

Outstanding.

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kgb224

10:30AM | Wed, 16 September 2015

I hope they can really assist you Carin. It would be a heck of a loss for you if you lose all your pictures. Stunning capture Carin. God bless.

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dochtersions

8:13AM | Fri, 18 September 2015

Ah, this is a clever photo of a smart critter, dear Carin; it looks such special seeing it by building it's home. Fingers crossed, as I hope the IT people did help you quick, and with pleasure!!!

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Katraz

12:32PM | Sun, 20 September 2015

Have you tried emailing them to yourself or putting them in Dropbox , Nice shot but It's an evil looking critter.

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Meisiekind

3:27PM | Sun, 20 September 2015

Al - I did email myself a few but at 4MB each and over 300 images it may take a while, We are also limited at work with email size!

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goodoleboy

5:35PM | Mon, 21 September 2015

Great shot of the critter with a mission, Carin. Looks like some kind of wasp. If I got that close to it I would have armed myself with a flamethrower just in case it wasn't that tolerant of my presence. As for your IT, encryption and download problems, have you ever considered some flash drives for storage while traveling?

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