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Some chalcid wasps

Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,900 Major grins
edited October 9, 2007 in Holy Macro
These tiny wasps are one of my favourite bugs :)
Brian V.

About 1.7mm body length

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About 2.8 mm body length

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Crop of above

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    ziggy53ziggy53 Super Moderators Posts: 23,848 moderator
    edited September 30, 2007
    Wow, that is tiny, ... and cute! You are such the master at the small. thumb.gifthumb
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    Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,900 Major grins
    edited October 1, 2007
    ziggy53 wrote:
    Wow, that is tiny, ... and cute! You are such the master at the small. thumb.gifthumb
    Thanks Ziggy :)
    I'm always on the lookout for these tiny wasps :)
    Brian V.
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    patricia kaypatricia kay Registered Users Posts: 206 Major grins
    edited October 5, 2007
    Brian...

    Your wasp shots are wonderful...looks like they are in a mist...love the up close one too!!!

    Patricia........
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    Awais YaqubAwais Yaqub Registered Users Posts: 10,572 Major grins
    edited October 5, 2007
    clap.gif fantastic as always
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    BigAlBigAl Registered Users Posts: 2,294 Major grins
    edited October 6, 2007
    Aha the famaous Valentine car I see! That crop shows amazing detail thumb.gif Were these taken with the MPE65 (or conversely, do you ever use the Sigma 105 these days)?
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    ravicravic Registered Users Posts: 111 Major grins
    edited October 6, 2007
    The detail of those are great!
    Thanks for your sharing!
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    canon400dcanon400d Banned Posts: 2,826 Major grins
    edited October 6, 2007
    Lord Vetinari wrote:
    These tiny wasps are one of my favourite bugs :)
    Brian V.

    About 1.7mm body length

    1463907862_3c92a47967_o.jpg

    About 2.8 mm body length

    1439539400_87c32833a4_o.jpg

    Crop of above

    1439539408_0186f4a14a_o.jpg

    Well Brian it just could not get any better than that. what lens are you using and if any tubes etc. Thanks once again for all your help.
    Bob
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    Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,900 Major grins
    edited October 8, 2007
    Thanks for the comments.
    These were taken with my MPE-65 lens at either 4:1 or 5:1

    Al I still use my 105mmEX with ext tubes- about 50/50 use compared to the MPE-65, although the bias in Summer is towards the 105mm and in Winter the MPE-65 (bugs are smaller in winter)

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    JenGraceJenGrace Registered Users Posts: 1,229 Major grins
    edited October 9, 2007
    Never thought I'd think a wasp was cute, but dang is that one isn't! :D
    Jen

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