Advice please - for the last few days I’ve noticed a large number of wasps (and flies) resting on the leaves of our ginkgo tree. They all appear to be disoriented and a bit wobbly. On the other side of the fence is our neighbour’s Victoria plum tree, with lots of ripe fruit on it and on the ground, on our side too. Is it possible for insects to become tiddly from too much over-ripe fruit?
I would think so. Did you ever see something years ago,(can’t remember if it was a film or documentary) where the animals eat over ripe fruit & all end up inebriated ?
@ankers70 Gah, so sorry about that. One of them stung my OH on the lip last week. It took ages to go down. It did keep him quiet for a while though, so - result!
What a super macro, Lesley! And I've been enjoying all the comments. My bee story (although your photo is of a wasp) entails our provincial premier last week. In the middle of giving a press conference outside, he swallowed a bee! He took it in stride, grabbing a glass of water to wash it down, with someone in the background shouting, "Drown it!" If the bee had been drunk, it might have helped (?)
Fabulous close up. And amazing comments about drunken bees. I often observe this behavior of individual wasps or bumblebees. But it never happened en masse.
@onewing Haha I admit I was a bit nervous about getting so close but I think he was concentrating so hard on clinging to the leaf that he didn’t care about me.
@jamibann@haskar Thank you so much. The neighbours are away so can’t clear up the rotting fruit. I’m trying hard to keep the dogs from that but if the garden. It’s not working…
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