White Faced Wasp feeding on pollen of daisy in Maine, coastal garden
White Faced Wasp feeding on pollen of daisy in Maine, coastal garden
Stinging Nettle
Assassin Bug
The Assassin (wingless red nymph), VIrginia.  1st Place in Online Category (Reflecting Surfaces Theme) of the State College Photo Club Monthly Competition, July 2012
Stinging Tree, this is one plant we were warned to watch for. it could be compared with our nettles except the burning feels like a blowtorch burn and it lasts for 6 months. The treatment for stings was to peel the contacted area with bikini wax strips.
Crematogaster acrobat ants use their stingers in defense, but they don't pierce the integument of their opponents. Rather, the stinger serves as a brush for smearing defensive chemicals on their adversaries. Here, a worker defends a food bait against an intruding Pheidole.

Kibale forest, Uganda
White Faced Wasp feeding on pollen of daisy in Maine, coastal garden
White Faced Wasp feeding on pollen of daisy in Maine, coastal garden
White Faced Wasp feeding on pollen of daisy in Maine, coastal garden
See photo in original gallery.