Big bug

12 years 8 months ago - 12 years 8 months ago #132314 by fotozone
I do not know what this bug is, it was about 2-2 1/2 inches long.


Then it started to do this







I am glad I was able to capture the series I should have included the body but I had just got focused for a close up of the head when it started digging and I did not have time to recompose the shot.
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12 years 8 months ago #132316 by robbie
That`s some shooting!!Very sharp,excellent exposure.


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12 years 8 months ago - 12 years 8 months ago #132365 by dang
Hi Lila,
Good set of shots. My guess is it's a thread waisted wasp .
Thanks for sharing.
:judge:

Insanity: doing the same thing over, and over again expecting different results. (Albert Einstein)
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12 years 8 months ago - 12 years 8 months ago #132369 by MLKstudios
I was gonna say "wasp", but I waited for dang.

Really, I was...

...gonna.

:)

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"Every artist, was once an amateur"

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12 years 8 months ago #132372 by chasrich
:judge: :thumbsup: It looks like it was designed for in flight refueling...

“Amateurs worry about equipment, professionals worry about money, masters worry about light, I just make pictures… ” ~ Vernon Trent
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12 years 8 months ago #132377 by fotozone
Thanks everyone. Dang thanks for the ID I had not had time to hunt for it. I could not believe my luck when it started to dig when I was already focused I was kind of like :banana: I almost never have that kind of luck. LOL
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12 years 8 months ago #132380 by MLKstudios
"Chance favors prepared minds".

-- Louis Pasteur

Matthew L Kees
MLK Studios Photography School
www.MLKstudios.com
[email protected]
"Every artist, was once an amateur"

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12 years 8 months ago #132438 by dang

fotozone wrote: Thanks everyone. Dang thanks for the ID I had not had time to hunt for it. I could not believe my luck when it started to dig when I was already focused I was kind of like :banana: I almost never have that kind of luck. LOL


Hi Lila,
Your good luck is our good luck too. It's a gorgeous species and you captured it superb. But be careful of wasps in the fall when they become more protective of their nests. In the US alone, we have around 12 deaths a year due to their stings. Usually from people who have been stung before without reaction.

:cheers:

Insanity: doing the same thing over, and over again expecting different results. (Albert Einstein)
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12 years 8 months ago #132559 by Dori
Those are the coolest shots!!! :judge:

Don't pi$$ me off, I am running out of room to store the bodies...

Resident Texasotan...

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12 years 7 months ago #132884 by Shanna-Marie
Wow, these are freakin awesome! Great shooting Lila! :)

I believe that there is an explanation for everything, so, yes, I believe in miracles. ~Robert Brault

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12 years 7 months ago #133494 by Oscar Cohen
What equipment are you using for these shots?


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12 years 7 months ago #133928 by fotozone
Dang thanks for the warning; we have a lot of nasty bugs around here so I am very careful when I am photographing something I am not familiar with. As to your warning about wasps my Mom is allergic to wasps, I have been stung with out a problem (*knocks on wood*) but I always treat them with extra respect I do not want to push my luck.

Oscar I am shooting with a Nikon D3100 with a Nikon 85mm macro lens. I got this lens a few weeks ago and can not bring my self to take it off the camera I am having to much fun.:P
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