Wasps and Lacewings and Potato Bugs, Oh My!
These fun insects are wasps of the Polistes species, as verified by whats whatsthatbug.com. I got about four feet away and used a zoom lens to take these photos. They attached to a roofing near the pool. Our manager had them removed the next day.
The friendly folks at whatsthatbug.com also verified two other species for me that day - a green Lacewing (also known as Chrysopidae) and a Jerusalem Cricket (also known as Stenopelmatus).
To see more pictures I took of them, please see:
