Pretty Sawfly?

Paul Iddon

An ichneumon - measured only approximately 3-4mm long. One pane of the wing is black - the rest transparent but with a nice luminosity and rainbow of colours.

You would never guess what the background is though - but this little beastie had come into the house when the door to the garden was open tonight as I photographed a member of the local arachnid population, and it landed on the plastic bag in which 3 buns were safely wrapped to keep them fresh...

Being indoors in it's own home-made studio, meant no wind to cause problems, just a case of having to reach to the back of the worktop to avoid disturbing it (would have flown had I moved the bag) so not 100% straightforward, though not too difficult.













Paul.

Lord Vetinari

Lovely captures Paul - it's a parasitoid wasp - possibly a male Ichneumon.
Brian V.

Paul Iddon

Lord Vetinari wrote: »

Lovely captures Paul - it's a parasitoid wasp - possibly a male Ichneumon.
Brian V.

Thanks for the ID confirmation Brian.

Paul.

Stumblebum

#2 is PI Classic!

e6filmuser

Paul,

The wing venation is definitely Ichneumonidae.

The combination of detail, lighting and background give the images a very special quality, especially in the third one.

Harold

Thelensspot

Paul, excellent work. I really like the wing reflections in #3. Thank you for all the great work!

Paul Iddon

Stumblebum wrote: »

#2 is PI Classic!

e6filmuser wrote: »

Paul,

The wing venation is definitely Ichneumonidae.

The combination of detail, lighting and background give the images a very special quality, especially in the third one.

Harold

Thelensspot wrote: »

Paul, excellent work. I really like the wing reflections in #3. Thank you for all the great work!

Thanks gentlemen - much appreciated

Paul.

GOLDENORFE

Superb Paul

Paul Iddon

GOLDENORFE wrote: »

Superb Paul

Thanks Phil m8

Paul.