The fight-Cecada down in 4 rounds.

lizzard_nyclizzard_nyc Registered Users Posts: 4,056 Major grins
edited August 13, 2009 in Other Cool Shots
The winner is not the Cicada, it's that other vicious looking thing. Does anyone know what that is?

Don't have a macro, so I got up as close as I could. When the bee(?) took off flying with the screaming Cicada, I kind of lost it and took off running. So no documentation of the take off--maybe I shouldn't consider macro at all.:rofl


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  • CoryUTCoryUT Registered Users Posts: 367 Major grins
    edited August 12, 2009
    Cool shots!

    Here's your (?) answer:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphecius

    More specifically:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_cicada_killer

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  • lizzard_nyclizzard_nyc Registered Users Posts: 4,056 Major grins
    edited August 13, 2009
    I think the bee has been working out. (I suspect steroid use)[/quote]

    rolleyes1.gif too funny.


    Thanks Cory and Shawn, also thanks for the info, that is exactly what it is an Easter Cicada killer--how obvious!

    Had I known that this wasp relative was not aggressive I would have gotten closer, I was afraid it would lift me up in the air and slam me to the ground--kinda of like some people look at me when I try my hand at photo journalismmwink.gif .
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  • adbsgicomadbsgicom Registered Users Posts: 3,615 Major grins
    edited August 13, 2009
    Very cool. The third one looks like the wasp is getting ready to do a back roll and flip the cicada. Nice images.
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  • DaddyODaddyO Registered Users Posts: 4,466 Major grins
    edited August 13, 2009
    Cool. You got some nice details in 1 & 3. thumb.gif
    Think those are worth taking a closer look at for sure. :D
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  • lizzard_nyclizzard_nyc Registered Users Posts: 4,056 Major grins
    edited August 13, 2009
    DaddyO wrote:
    Cool. You got some nice details in 1 & 3. thumb.gif
    Think those are worth taking a closer look at for sure. :D

    Thanks Andrew and DaddyO,
    Laughing.gif, I think these are my best pics to date.
    I also really enjoyed taking a sequence of them--kind of made me wish I could have rigged a small ring around them. I was rooting for the Cicada.


    Would love to do more with #1 and #3, but I don't have photoshop programs installed on my dilapidated and ancient laptop--the new camera set me backa smidge, now just waiting a bit to buy a new P.C. with monster power.mwink.gif

    I will come back to these when that happens for sure.
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