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🔬 151 - How to catch WASPS and put them under the microscope | Amateur Microscopy

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Wasp Attack! Wasps were starting to build a nest right on my balcony. Before removing the wasps, I decided to take one and put it under the stereo microscope to see the stinger. In order to do this, I had to dissect the wasp first. I also show you how I removed the wasps. Here I show you the wing of the wasp under the microscope, the stinger and also a nice picture of the wasp's head, which I made by stacking several images together.

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20 Comments

@starsnstuff842 5 years ago

While I see the necessity for destroying the colony in your case, but it must be stressed that far from being pests wasps play an important role in pollination. They also predate on more damaging species thus benefiting the farmer and gardener. Some important orchids species totally rely on wasps for pollination.

@Trylobyte 3 years ago

Wasps are very useful I realised after many years of hating them -I watched with amazement as they landed on my vegetable plants and carried away the caterpillars! They feed them to their young. Without wasps many of our plants would be eaten by grubs

@urfavourite_techtuber3717 6 years ago

Just started a hobby in microorganisms snd this the perfect channel

@Trylobyte 3 years ago

Those wasps are very determined and resourceful chewing through the tape like that with their bolt cutter type jaws! The solvents through the vacuum cleaner are a bit dodgy though -as they are highly flammable!!

@haraldklenk6278 6 years ago

Please try to extract some neurons of the wasp and stain them with H&E stain or some methylenblue stain

@lifesbit3938 6 years ago

Please support

@VayaconDios018 4 years ago

To find a stinger you should press its abdomen and it goes out at the back by itself

@K3V_L4W 3 years ago

Great video my friend

@brighenakila7761 3 years ago

Great work.Congratulations and thanks !

@whitrenee1 5 years ago

That Poor Wasp

@williamheywood9115 6 years ago

The tape will have provided them with even more nesting material? I love your videos, always something new and interesting. Wasps are aggressive and all too often unwelcome guests at a Summer picnic, but they do have their niche in the ecosystem.

@lifesbit3938 6 years ago

Best

@lotharmayring6063 1 year ago

the tiny hairs on many hemioptera are sensoric to control the postition of the wings while flying and have no aerodynamic enhancement importance

@FoamingPipeSnakes 6 years ago

Those are yellowjackets. nasty little things.

@johnchin1209 4 years ago

Thanks for another wonderful, informative video! I'm not sure if you already have a video on how and when you started to be interested in microscopy. If not, can you make one? Thanks again and keep up the good work.