I have a basic knowledge of insects, I'd say, but I'm trying to do some deep dives for a research project...does anyone have thoughts/resources on how/what can use to get started? Also, things to look into would be lovely, as well.

So I killed this dude in my villa in Bali ytd, as you can see his stinger/bum thing is yellow, not sure if that’s a wasp/hornet, anyone has any idea? It was huge, about half a finger in length.

I've been doing this in conjunction with the very handy BirdNET app on my phone to identify bird species and call them near my home.
However, I have noticed many a times that the yellow wasps in the region react to it and are summoned close. This has fascinated me because they don't make any audible noises which could've been part of the recording. And even in that case, I've tried it with other such recordings as well.

Why does this happen? Any ideas?

wasp posted up waiting for me to leave house after late night hive attack

I fucking hate them and hope there’s a mass, and painful, extinction of every wasp in the world

Will wasps “ram into” people who get close to their nests? This isn’t a great picture, but I feel like these guys’ve done this to me more than once, and my contractor friend corroborates this.

Asian paper wasp or European paper wasp or something else?

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I've never gotten stung by a bee before but 2 wasps have stung me
fuck them