A window that has two secrets.

Not an ordinary window this, but rather a dangerous one.

The window has some excellent burglar proofing.

Now I know that you have a burning desire to see me reveal the secrets, but we will get there soon below. We sat and had some coffee in a garden and had to be careful as wasps kept on flying around. Let me tell you that the sting of a wasp is not a very pleasant experience, and many stings by several wasps will put one into a hospital. I am allergic to bee stings, but thankfully not to wasp stings, as one of those red little wasps gave me a few hammer blows to my chest some years ago.

Two smart rosettes in the window's upper corners.

They weren't rosettes, but rather two wasp nests.

The one at the left was static, and the one at the right was crawling with wasps laying their eggs.

That's why I said that the window has excellent burglar proofing, as a big and painful surprise will be experienced by anyone that would try to climb through that window.

So, there you have it, the secret is out, as that window has two live anti-burglar alarms filled with wasp venom. I pity any burglar that will try to get through that window at night when it is dark. They look like the invasive European Paper Wasps, or they might even be the German Yellow Jackets. More inclined to the first option due to the rings on the abdomen, orange antenna, and their size. The problem that we have with these wasps, is that they damage fruit and prey on local honeybees.

We already have a problem with honeybees, due to the pesticide spraying on farms and some other issues. These wasps are disgusting little things, as they feed their larvae on live or chewed up insects. Our indigenous species have certain insects that they prey on, but these invasive ones prey on a variety that wouldn't normally have them as their predators. I even stopped one, a few years ago, from carrying away a newly born baby gecko.
Such is life.

I hope you enjoyed the pictures and the story.

Photos by Zac Smith. All-Rights-Reserved.

Camera: Canon PowershotSX70HS Bridge camera.

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