<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Portraits of Wildflowers]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://portraitsofwildflowers.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Steve Schwartzman]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://portraitsofwildflowers.wordpress.com/author/wordconnections/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Paper wasps]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://portraitsofwildflowers.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/paper-wasps-working-on-nest-7121.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="31929" data-permalink="https://portraitsofwildflowers.wordpress.com/2016/10/04/paper-wasps/paper-wasps-working-on-nest-7121/" data-orig-file="https://portraitsofwildflowers.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/paper-wasps-working-on-nest-7121.jpg" data-orig-size="870,588" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;18&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Steven Schwartzman&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5DS R&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1472569556&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;\u00a9 Steven Schwartzman&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0025&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}" data-image-title="paper-wasps-working-on-nest-7121" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://portraitsofwildflowers.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/paper-wasps-working-on-nest-7121.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://portraitsofwildflowers.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/paper-wasps-working-on-nest-7121.jpg?w=870" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-31929" src="https://portraitsofwildflowers.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/paper-wasps-working-on-nest-7121.jpg?w=1024&#038;h=692" alt="paper-wasps-working-on-nest-7121" srcset="https://portraitsofwildflowers.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/paper-wasps-working-on-nest-7121.jpg 870w, https://portraitsofwildflowers.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/paper-wasps-working-on-nest-7121.jpg?w=150&amp;h=101 150w, https://portraitsofwildflowers.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/paper-wasps-working-on-nest-7121.jpg?w=300&amp;h=203 300w, https://portraitsofwildflowers.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/paper-wasps-working-on-nest-7121.jpg?w=768&amp;h=519 768w" sizes="(max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px"   /></a></p>
<p>When I was out on August 30th at a property along US 183 in Cedar Park photographing <a href="https://portraitsofwildflowers.wordpress.com/2016/10/03/narrowleaf-sumpweed/" target="_blank">sumpweed and snow-on-the-mountain</a>, I also found some <a href="http://texasinsects.tamu.edu/cimg348.html" target="_blank">paper wasps</a> busy working on their nest. Notice the egg in one cell.</p>
<p>© 2016 Steven Schwartzman</p>
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