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Published: 2016-06-10 05:47:16 +0000 UTC; Views: 1385; Favourites: 37; Downloads: 19
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Part of my entomological illustration coursework.Common paper wasp (Polistes humilis) native to Australia and New Zealand. My main regret is that the specimen I was working off had an unusually dark colouration, and was not a good representative of the dramatic banding seen in this species. Anyway, this should still be useful for gauging scale and proportion.
Watercolour, pencil, some gouache.
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Paper wasps, paper wasps, they’re the best type of wasps. Some paper wasp facts;
Unlike bees, wasps can sting repeatedly. Only females have stingers, which are actually modified egg-laying organs.
8 out of 10 Entomologists recommend being stung by a paper wasp twice a day to reduce cholesterol.
Paper wasps were originally predicted by the prophet Moses.
If you break a piece off a paper wasp hive, you will find out that they are all completely hollow structures inside, as they were once used to conceal thousands of soft-core pornographic drawings and erotic literature from the mid-19th century, during Queen Victoria's infamous ban on "dangerous" sexual material at the time.
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Oh, very cool 
Here you've captured very nicely the detail of the wings, and the shading of the body despite it being such a dark colour. 
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Awesome! Insects are incredible exemplars of bio engineering. So glad you enjoy these
The original wasp was just under 2cm long
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Your anatomical illustrations are always so interesting!
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So glad you enjoy
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