A Chill Cuckoo Wasp? - _TNY_5380
Emerald wasps, also known as cuckoo wasps are small and extremely colourful wasps that parasitize solitary bees and wasps.
One more thing about them is that they are anything but chill. They seemto always be on the move and shooting them is definitely high risk - high reward with how many times you don't get a shot versus how cool thely look with that metallic and colourful armour.
That's why this one was special. It's a quite old shot, from back in 2015 when I was still shooting with a ring flash, but this particular one lost track of time and space in a birch-leaf spirea (Spiraea betulifolia) which meant I had time for a bunch of shots. Not just this one, but all of these:
www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/29512612541/
www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/30264282914/
www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/51928627389/
www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/50065307363/
www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/39265056905/
www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/21952835465/
Shoutout to brilliant cuckoo wasp expert AlxndrBrg) for the ID on this one.
A Chill Cuckoo Wasp? - _TNY_5380
Emerald wasps, also known as cuckoo wasps are small and extremely colourful wasps that parasitize solitary bees and wasps.
One more thing about them is that they are anything but chill. They seemto always be on the move and shooting them is definitely high risk - high reward with how many times you don't get a shot versus how cool thely look with that metallic and colourful armour.
That's why this one was special. It's a quite old shot, from back in 2015 when I was still shooting with a ring flash, but this particular one lost track of time and space in a birch-leaf spirea (Spiraea betulifolia) which meant I had time for a bunch of shots. Not just this one, but all of these:
www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/29512612541/
www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/30264282914/
www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/51928627389/
www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/50065307363/
www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/39265056905/
www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/21952835465/
Shoutout to brilliant cuckoo wasp expert AlxndrBrg) for the ID on this one.