Since getting into photography, insects have become far more interesting than they used to be. I had never heard of Ruby-Tailed wasps and first saw one when I was living in Spain, but it turns out we have them here in the UK too. So I was proper excited to find one in the garden here this past summer, in fact not even find, he was at head height on the wall as I stood by the back door! By the time I reached for my camera he was moving all over the wall, with only seconds for a few shots, he was gone. They don’t hang around! I managed to get marginally better shots in Spain, but only because this one was saved from the pool and I had a couple of minutes to try and work around him drying off and being off on his travels again.

Other than these two, I can’t think I have seen any more but given how small the UK one was, I probably have but just didn’t have time to see the flash of colour to identify it.

(c) K Wicks