Wasp.jpg We have to be very vigilant about wasps that get into our house. Our two cats like to play with them and on occassion they get stung. Many of us know what it's like to be stung, but for a 15-pound cat, the sting is a pretty severe experience. Symptoms include: Listlessness Vomiting, notabl...

Thanks. The first one is a 20X objective with a feathered darkfield stop.
The second is with a 40X objective.

Mike

Interesting series. Especially liked the last two.

Mike

Man, those wafer inspection scopes are beasts!
Nice shots.

Mike

Odontinium

Lovely shot.

Mike

Good news and bad news... Good news I get the Moderna vaccine April 6. Bad news is it appears I have Long Covid 19, which means that the virus damaged parts of me. Fatigue, shortness of breath, diabetic itching. No brain fog. The last time I felt this way was when I got my second dose of Lyme Diseas...

Dear George, Thanks for the suggestion. However, Renardine was banned in the UK in 2005 and I don't think it got across the pond anyway. I went online to Home Depot and found SKUNK SCRAM in pellet form, but I haven't seen any renewed damage to our lawn since I raked it. Some varmint repellants are q...

Very nice. Window light?

Mike

Our favorite neighborhood skunk has come out of hibernation. This is what his/her activity of one night of grubbing on our front lawn looks like.
Does anybody have any suggestions to rid of this pox upon us, short of a .38 Special?

Thanks Mike

Found this guy bumping arounds on a window in my living room. Not surprised to find out it is a Polistes dominulus, which appears to be the primary wasp species around here, to the exclusion of other species.