Wasp?
Nov 6, 2013 08:26:57 #
OK... I found a bug that I thought interesting enough to get me to reassemble my gear... This guy is very small, about the same size as a small fly, to give perspective these are all one shot images shot at f/11 at just under 3X mag. Just the DOF should be an indication of the size of this bug.
Unfortunately the last thing that I was using my camera for was product shots for ebay and I forgot to change the image size from small jpeg to something more appropriate for macro... even so I thought these came out pretty good.
Shot with a 35mm reversed lens on a full set of manual tubes. Camera settings, ISO 320 f/11 125th second, diffused flash @ 1/16th power.
Unfortunately the last thing that I was using my camera for was product shots for ebay and I forgot to change the image size from small jpeg to something more appropriate for macro... even so I thought these came out pretty good.
Shot with a 35mm reversed lens on a full set of manual tubes. Camera settings, ISO 320 f/11 125th second, diffused flash @ 1/16th power.
Nov 6, 2013 08:43:14 #
Nov 6, 2013 08:47:22 #
No... I just appreciate it for its uniqueness, I am not really that concerned about a scientific name... I'm one of those lazy macro shooters who is only interested in the capture.
Nov 6, 2013 09:15:32 #
Nov 6, 2013 09:19:11 #
May I submit it?
Not wanting to know its name does not mean you're lazy. It means you don't have taxonomy OCD.
Not wanting to know its name does not mean you're lazy. It means you don't have taxonomy OCD.
Nov 6, 2013 09:19:14 #
Thanks, I did find a pic of it on bug guide, but I am not sure if they actually identify it... I like my pics better, I did not kill the bug to get the pic.
http://bugguide.net/node/view/270394
http://bugguide.net/node/view/270394
Nov 6, 2013 09:19:25 #
Blurryeyed wrote:
No... I just appreciate it for its uniqueness, I am not really that concerned about a scientific name... I'm one of those lazy macro shooters who is only interested in the capture.
I believe this is the Brush Hog Wasp.
<Bazinga>
How's that for an official non-scientific name?
Nice shots....
Nov 6, 2013 13:53:11 #
Nov 6, 2013 15:37:35 #
Nov 6, 2013 15:43:22 #
Macromad wrote:
whatever it is I think you've got a set of damn good shots.
Thanks.
Nov 6, 2013 15:43:54 #
Nov 6, 2013 20:18:52 #
Nikonian72 wrote:
I am not sure of how much variability there is in the same species of wasp. There are some differences between this one and Conura amoena . The first hind leg segment of our photo has a black band in the middle, the bugguide does not, this photo has many fine serrations on the hind leg the bugguide has 3 teeth. I concur: a Chalcidid Wasp (Conura amoena) http://bugguide.net/node/view/270398
The back patterns are different as well. Is this range of variations normal within a species when they are a several hundred miles apart?
Think of me as clueless on wasps
Nov 6, 2013 20:23:30 #
I'm pretty sure that it is the same wasp, there are several in that family of different colors, I first came across these guys about a year ago... they are tiny but very interesting. They seem to feed off the surface of leaves.
Nov 7, 2013 07:51:05 #
Whatever it's name is, it looks neat !!!
Nov 7, 2013 11:53:21 #
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