Poetic justice maybe !

The Wasps are all over the ripening Blackberries at the moment, desperately trying to get the sweet sugary juice they crave.

They have spent much of the early summer months predating on greenfly, caterpillars and other small insects, many of which considered garden pests, a point to their favour, this protein is then fed to their larvae or grubs back in their social nest.

 The grubs convert this protein rich diet into carbohydrate which they secrete as a sugary droplet to feed the adults, very clever solution to ensure the adults bring back a supply of protein food.

 They must also play their part in pollinating plants as they drink nectar from the flowers, another point to their favour,

But, it's at this time of the year late August, when the queen stop laying eggs, there are no larvae to provide the sugary secretions, the adult Wasps search for other sources of sugar-rich foods and drinks. this is when they really become bothersome to us.

If you have ever experienced the quite painful sting of the wasp, it's very difficult not to become one of those arm flailing individuals desperately trying to discourage the wasp from your vicinity, not always the best course of action to take.

Not one of my favorite insects at all, but  live and let live.

Not far away down in the grass beneath the brambles a largish arachnid caught my eye, a Wasp Spider, a large female, so named because of there similarity in colouring to the Wasp as you can see below, not because they eat wasps their usual food source are grasshoppers. 

Wasp Spider argiope bruennichi

Unfortunately for this wasp, all wrapped up for lunch,

the hungry female Wasp Spider still requires a protein-rich diet.