{"id":33523,"date":"2024-08-05T18:55:49","date_gmt":"2024-08-05T23:55:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/?p=33523"},"modified":"2024-08-06T17:49:51","modified_gmt":"2024-08-06T22:49:51","slug":"paper-wasp-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/?p=33523","title":{"rendered":"Paper Wasp People"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Once eggs hatch, the legless larvae remain in their cells to be taken care of. The wasps hunt prey, primarily caterpillars, but also other insects like flies, and beetle larvae. <em><strong>The adult cuts up the prey and masticates it (thoroughly chewing it) prior to feeding it to the larvae<\/strong><\/em>. <span class=\"ed-note\">[ed. note: similar to how we raised our little ones.]<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/pupae-of-Vespula-germanica.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"403\" data-id=\"33527\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/pupae-of-Vespula-germanica.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33527\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/pupae-of-Vespula-germanica.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/pupae-of-Vespula-germanica-300x202.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Water is also provided for the larva. Wasps may find a puddle or stream or dew that has collected at the base of some leaves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/PaperWaspLarvae.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"514\" data-id=\"33529\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/PaperWaspLarvae.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33529\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/PaperWaspLarvae.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/PaperWaspLarvae-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Polistine paper wasps will generally only attack if they themselves or their nest are threatened. Their territoriality can lead to attacks on people, and their stings are quite painful<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">When threatened, the wasps have a variety of responses depending upon the severity. The first level is posturing. They face the perceived threat, stand tall and raise their wings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">At a higher level they run round the nest surface and finally with sufficient disturbance, fly around the nest attempting to locate the source, chasing and stinging the threat. They use alarm pheromones to coordinate their response.<\/p>\n<cite><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paper_wasp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wikipedia<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Polistes carolina<\/strong> is one of two species of red paper wasp found in the eastern United States (the other being Polistes rubiginosus) and is noted for the finer ridges on its propodeum. It is a social wasp in the family Vespidae and subfamily Polistinae. The species is native to the United States from <strong>Texas <\/strong>to Florida, north to New York, and west to Nebraska. The wasp&#8217;s common name is due to the reddish-brown color of its head and body. P. carolina prefer to build their nests in protected spaces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Polistes-rubiginosus-nectaringjpg.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"781\" data-id=\"33531\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Polistes-rubiginosus-nectaringjpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33531\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Polistes-rubiginosus-nectaringjpg.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Polistes-rubiginosus-nectaringjpg-300x260.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Polistes-rubiginosus-nectaringjpg-768x666.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Polistes species establish clear dominant and subordinate relationships in which the dominant gains the most reproduction success. <span class=\"ed-note\">[ed. note: macho alpha wasps?]<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">As in other aculeate wasps, <strong><em>only females have the ability to sting.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:68% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"804\" height=\"802\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_5908_mr.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33534 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_5908_mr.jpg 804w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_5908_mr-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_5908_mr-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_5908_mr-768x766.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 804px) 100vw, 804px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ms. Paper Wasp shortly after stinging Elder UC#4.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Devil&#8217;s Sting<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>A poignant story by <strong>Drew Bratcher<\/strong> about nine year old&#8217;s encounter with a paper wasp. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2020\/07\/09\/the-devils-sting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Paris Review<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:65% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"625\" height=\"771\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/The-Paris-Review-The-Devils-Sting-The-Paris-Review.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33536 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/The-Paris-Review-The-Devils-Sting-The-Paris-Review.jpg 625w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/The-Paris-Review-The-Devils-Sting-The-Paris-Review-243x300.jpg 243w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>I am nine years old, soon to be ten. When people ask me what I want to be when I grow up, I say \u201ccountry singer,\u201d I say \u201cBraves center fielder,\u201d but what I think I want to be is one of these men. I want to be tough like them, steady-handed.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The truth is I\u2019m not sure I could be even if I tried. What I am is in thrall to them, which is to say afraid of making a fool of myself in front of them. At the moment, though, I am more afraid of the wasp.<br>&#8230;.<br>In years to come, I will know worse pain than wasp stings, know deeper humiliation, far greater fear. I will know that the pain I feel is as nothing compared to the pain of others. Wasps, never pleasant, will nonetheless become part of the shit of life one accepts as a given, so much so that their absence in Wordsworth, let alone in all those songs about summer, will make a kind of sense. To keep going you do have to ignore a lot.<\/p>\n<cite><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2020\/07\/09\/the-devils-sting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Paris Review<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:38% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"811\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Drew.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33538 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Drew.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Drew-300x253.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Drew-768x649.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Drew Bratcher was born in Nashville. He is a graduate of the Missouri School of Journalism and received his MFA from the University of Iowa. His writing has appeared in the Oxford American, Paris Review, Los Angeles Review of Books, Nowhere Magazine, Essay Daily, Garden &amp; Gun, Image Journal, World War II, Military History Quarterly, Washingtonian, and others. Bub, an essay collection about growing up under the influence of country music and stories, is his first book. He lives outside Chicago.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/andrewbratcher.com\/bio\">https:\/\/andrewbratcher.com\/bio<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Wasp People: Separating Fact from Fiction<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Day 3 post-wasp-sting, and <strong>UC#4<\/strong> is beginning the transition to Wasp-person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Wasp People<\/strong> have been romanticized by Hollywood for far too long. This photo essay hopes to compare the popular image with the actual, mundane lives of Wasp People.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-4 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/wasp_0014.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"33541\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/wasp_0014.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33541\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/wasp_0014.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/wasp_0014-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fiction<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/wasp_0015.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"33543\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/wasp_0015.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33543\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/wasp_0015.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/wasp_0015-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fiction<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/wasp_0017.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"33542\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/wasp_0017.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33542\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/wasp_0017.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/wasp_0017-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fiction<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/wasp_0090.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"585\" data-id=\"33544\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/wasp_0090.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33544\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/wasp_0090.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/wasp_0090-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/wasp_0090-768x439.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Reality<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-5 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/wasp_0036.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"33547\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/wasp_0036.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33547\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/wasp_0036.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/wasp_0036-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fiction<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/wasp_0037.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"33548\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/wasp_0037.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33548\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/wasp_0037.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/wasp_0037-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fiction<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/wasp_0038.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"33546\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/wasp_0038.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33546\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/wasp_0038.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/wasp_0038-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fiction<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/wasp_0066.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"33550\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/wasp_0066.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/wasp_0066.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/wasp_0066-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/wasp_0066-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/wasp_0066-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Reality<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/wasp_0054.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"33551\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/wasp_0054.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33551\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/wasp_0054.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/wasp_0054-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/wasp_0054-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/wasp_0054-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Reality<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-6 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/wasp_0031.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"33553\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/wasp_0031.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/wasp_0031.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/wasp_0031-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fiction<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/wasp_0033.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"33556\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/wasp_0033.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33556\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/wasp_0033.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/wasp_0033-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fiction<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/wasp_0040.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"33557\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/wasp_0040.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33557\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/wasp_0040.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/wasp_0040-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fiction<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/wasp_0047.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"33555\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/wasp_0047.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33555\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/wasp_0047.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/wasp_0047-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Reality<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/wasp_0048.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"33554\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/wasp_0048.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33554\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/wasp_0048.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/wasp_0048-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Reality<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-7 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image 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src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/wasp_0101.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33569\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/wasp_0101.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/wasp_0101-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/wasp_0101-768x439.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Reality<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/wasp_0097.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"585\" data-id=\"33568\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/wasp_0097.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33568\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/wasp_0097.jpg 1024w, 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