BigPicture on Instagram: "Female digger wasps, like the one proudly posing here, stock their nests with prey insects so that their young can begin to feed immediately after hatching. While their sting can be painful to humans – and paralyzing to prey – wasps are an important part of garden and urban ecosystems, helping to control populations of grasshoppers and katydids. 📷 by ’24 Winged Life Finalist Takuya Ishiguro @c_s_b.t.13" 378 likes, 7 comments - bigpicturecomp on...

BigPicture on Instagram: "Female digger wasps, like the one proudly posing here, stock their nests with prey insects so that their young can begin to feed immediately after hatching. While their sting can be painful to humans – and paralyzing to prey – wasps are an important part of garden and urban ecosystems, helping to control populations of grasshoppers and katydids. 📷 by ’24 Winged Life Finalist Takuya Ishiguro @c_s_b.t.13" 378 likes, 7 comments - bigpicturecomp on...