Insect from the house of horrors

PeterD-2009

The Ichneumon Wasps seek living hosts in which they deposit their eggs:eek1 .




Larger image at http://peterd-2009.smugmug.com/gallery/8487830_uLXzp/1/#542872080_7PgGd-A-LB

This wasp was wandering around an old tree trunk looking for a victim.

Peter

Lord Vetinari

Lovely capture -Judgung by the antennae position it's found a possible victim - they arch downwards for a better smell when a grub is located.
Brian V.

Chrissiebeez_NL

illl!! the thought alone..

A nice shot peter, there is some profound noise though, cleaning that up would help the shot i think

PeterD-2009

Thank you Brian and Chris.

Chris. Thanks for pointing that out. I have passed it through NeatImage and posted it below

http://peterd-2009.smugmug.com/gallery/7923463_nxZnH/1/#595242049_iumnT-A-LB

Chrissiebeez_NL

looks better! its not distracting anymore so all your focus is on the insect. good work

next time maybe shoot in lower ISO so you dont lose detail running it through neatimage