Colour, Colour, Colour! - _TNY_9318
It's turning out to be a great year for cuckoo wasps for me.
This little one was stuck inside a pane of glass in the green house so I decided to help it out.
But before that I snapped this shot of it on the thin white cloth hanging as curtains when the sunlight gets to intense for the tomatoes.
For lifting it out, I ddn't use any jar or box and just used my hand instead, fully expecting it to fly off as soon as we neared the door.
But to my surprise, the wasp decided that this was an excellent time to clean its antennae and began grooming them there on my finger - allowing me to get a whole bunch of shots of it.
This is a female of one of the species in the Chrysis ignita complex, a group of species which look very similar and not possible to tell apart from my photos. Still a lovely little find, wouldn't you say?
Two of the shots I got of it when on my hand here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52203389717/
Colour, Colour, Colour! - _TNY_9318
It's turning out to be a great year for cuckoo wasps for me.
This little one was stuck inside a pane of glass in the green house so I decided to help it out.
But before that I snapped this shot of it on the thin white cloth hanging as curtains when the sunlight gets to intense for the tomatoes.
For lifting it out, I ddn't use any jar or box and just used my hand instead, fully expecting it to fly off as soon as we neared the door.
But to my surprise, the wasp decided that this was an excellent time to clean its antennae and began grooming them there on my finger - allowing me to get a whole bunch of shots of it.
This is a female of one of the species in the Chrysis ignita complex, a group of species which look very similar and not possible to tell apart from my photos. Still a lovely little find, wouldn't you say?
Two of the shots I got of it when on my hand here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52203389717/