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Quite pleased with the look of this one - it's one of the joints on the arm of a mechanical digger that I found parked in a back-street at lunch time today!
Was rewarded for my early-morning walk around the garden today, with this dew-covered Digger Wasp (Mellinus arvensis). She was sitting on a leaf and had presumably been there all night. She was in a bit of an awkward place, but I managed to re-position the leaf for a few shots. She was too cold and wet to do much; she just sat there.
I never met Digger but there is no doubt he was a "good boy". Digger is buried in Vaughn Cemetery near Caledonia MS. This is not a "pet Cemetery". Vaughn Cemetery dates to 1820.
They decided to dig up the street near my parents to replace the gas mains - never seen a gang take so long....
Parsons Trench Digger c.1930: Caterpillar engine, two gear-boxes, one to control the soil conveyors, one either side
(the small black conyeyors that spread the dug soil away from the trench).
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This actual machine cost the same as a brand new Rolls Royce
on the showroom floor in 1930, so I'm reliably informed by the proud 82 year old owner! Not much room to move, my back up against the fence, one leg of the tripod through the wire of the fence but the 11-16mm. did the job!
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