NATURE IS AMAZING

This female wasp has built this geometrically intricate nest all by herself. You can see that at least two of the cells have eggs in them. The nest is made of chewed wood fibers mixed with saliva and hangs by a very thin ‘home-spun’ line, but is quite secure. All in a day’s work!

From Wikipedia I learned that “wasps store sperm inside their body and control its release for each individual egg as it is laid; if a female wishes to produce a male egg, she simply lays the egg without fertilizing it. Therefore, under most conditions in most species, wasps have complete voluntary control over the sex of their offspring.” Amazing!