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Peekaboo

Polistes carolina is one of two species of red paper wasp, used to built comb in the tree stems and leaves, i found this little one in my backyard trying to built his own home, and when i try to capture a photograph of him he used his sting on me , that was so painful, usually wasps after giving their shot, they'll be tired , slowly he posed for me and then i took photograph of him . and then he played peekaboo with me .

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 04.2022
Date Uploaded: 09.2022
Photo Location: Madurai, India
Camera: ONEPLUS A6000
Copyright: © Kiran Kanna