Den 26.09.2017 00:18, skrev ann sanfedele:
so who or what took a nip out of his right antenna?  He looks less nasty than your decription - rather comical..
Fun shot and such amazing detail
ann

Clumsy handling on my part. The antenna broke off when I transferred it from the setting board to the photo board.

Guess I was too fascinated to have found an unexpected species and forgot to be careful.

Jostein

On 9/25/2017 4:57 PM, Jostein wrote:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/alunfoto/37060788530/in/album-72157651227461041/

This wasp looks like a yellowjacket, and will parasitise them in the Americas. Other species are targeted in the Eastern hemisphere.

Its strategy is to take over a nest with only a handful of workers by killing or ousting the other queen, and then coaxing the workers to feed it and tending its own larvae. Nasty little bugger.

645D with 200mm f/4 and a 55mm reversed (~3,9X magnification). Lit by two diffused flashes. Stacked in Zerene Stacker from 40-ish images.

Jostein




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