Inquisitive Ichneumon wasp

Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins
edited November 27, 2007 in Holy Macro
Found this female Ichneumon wasp yesterday - it seemed to like exploring :)

Brian V

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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited November 23, 2007
    Lord Vetinari wrote:
    Found this female Ichneumon wasp yesterday - it seemed to like exploring :)

    Brian V

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    This wasp actually has a pretty face.
    The stinger at the back would bother me I'm afraid :uhoh

    Nice work Brian thumb.gif ... Skippy :D
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  • Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins
    edited November 23, 2007
    Skippy wrote:
    This wasp actually has a pretty face.
    The stinger at the back would bother me I'm afraid :uhoh

    Nice work Brian thumb.gif ... Skippy :D
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    Thanks Skippy - AFAIK Ichneumons don't have any stings - that's it's ovipositor at the rear end.
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  • patricia kaypatricia kay Registered Users Posts: 206 Major grins
    edited November 23, 2007
    Great shots Brian...I didnt know there were so many different species of wasps...till i joined DGrin........


    Patricia............:D
  • Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins
    edited November 23, 2007
    patricia kay wrote:
    Great shots Brian...I didnt know there were so many different species of wasps...till i joined DGrin........


    Patricia............:D
    Thanks Patricia,
    At least most of them don't sting :)
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  • patricia kaypatricia kay Registered Users Posts: 206 Major grins
    edited November 23, 2007
    Brian when deep in concerntration trying to get a good shot of bees,wasps or whatever...I completely forget that they can sting me!!! Its just when i get near to some bug i havent seen before that i am a bit wary!!! To think many moons ago i was terrified of spiders etc....now i go looking for them and let them live in my house!!!!

    Patricia........rolleyes1.gif
  • Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins
    edited November 24, 2007
    patricia kay wrote:
    Brian when deep in concerntration trying to get a good shot of bees,wasps or whatever...I completely forget that they can sting me!!! Its just when i get near to some bug i havent seen before that i am a bit wary!!! To think many moons ago i was terrified of spiders etc....now i go looking for them and let them live in my house!!!!

    Patricia........rolleyes1.gif

    Well done on the spiders :) - Know what you mean about the concentration when photographing. I always lose all sense of time. Still have a dislike for slugs though (not that I think they will harm me).
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  • tleetlee Registered Users Posts: 1,090 Major grins
    edited November 24, 2007
    The wasp is a pretty little thing. I also did not realize the diversity of wasps till I joined Dgrin. Great images.
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  • vinsonvinson Registered Users Posts: 12 Big grins
    edited November 25, 2007
    I would never have known that that was a wasp. Pretty though.
  • Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins
    edited November 27, 2007
    Thanks for the comments T and Vinson.

    There's thousands of species of parasitic/parasitoid wasps out there many though are very small. Lot more common than the communial wasps that people normally take notice of.

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