Digger wasp

Lord Vetinari

Found this all black digger wasp exploring one of the sunchairs in the garden yesterday. Took some shot series and then stuck my finger under it's nose and it happily walked on. All shots have some focus stacking- either by hand or using zerene stacker.


Brian v.

GOLDENORFE

Superb ! Didn't know there was an all black one !
Lucky to find one Jacobs a rest

Lord Vetinari

GOLDENORFE wrote: »

Superb ! Didn't know there was an all black one !
Lucky to find one Jacobs a rest

Thanks Phil.
These have homes on the same tree stump as the Ectemnius sp digger wasps and like them seem to come in 2 sizes. The stump is about 3 feet away from the sunchair. Don't understand "Lucky to find one Jacobs a rest" ?
Brian v.

IPClark

Very nice indeed Brian . Love the way you get them all on your hands as well.

Lord Vetinari

IPClark wrote: »

Very nice indeed Brian . Love the way you get them all on your hands as well.

Thanks Ian
I often try to get them on my finger if they have sat through a photo session without being too disturbed.
Brian v.

cbbr

I agree - the shots on your finger are always great because you get a real size reference.

Mcfly682

Look at the jaws on that thing!!! Great shots with great detail. Look at how gnarly your finger looks. Now i need to go wash my hands. .

Lord Vetinari

Thanks Chad and McFly for the comments
Brian v.

Bryans12v

Awesome use of contrasting elements! The are superb but who would expect anything less from you!

Lord Vetinari

Bryans12v wrote: »

Awesome use of contrasting elements! The are superb but who would expect anything less from you!

Thanks
Brian v.