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Menacing (trigger: dead wasp/hornet)

I originally tagged this as "moderate safety", because one animal was definitely harmed in order to make this photo. In my defence:

 

1) The animal was a giant f*cking wasp

2) It was in my f*cking house

3) I decided to take a photo of it more than a day after I'd killed it

4) This was not a sport killing, it was a primordial instinct, "fight or flight" killing, because... well... giant f*cking wasp

 

As mentioned above, this wasp somehow ended up in our house, and buzzed my ear at around 1 am the other night. It survived being hit - twice - before I captured it and dropped it into a small jar of alcohol 50%. I am 100% confident it is not an "Asian Murder Hornet" (v. manderinia), because it's got the wrong shape, colour, patterns, and, at 27mm long, it's too small (god help us all).

 

Anyhow, I decided to take a bunch of photos of it, to try making a 3D model to print off for my D&D games. If it works, I'll post the model online, with a link here.

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Uploaded on May 23, 2021
Taken on May 22, 2000