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Subject: Beautiful in death, Cicada Killer Wasp.
I agree - definitely deserves to be a gallery image !
Excellent capture and presentation Tom :)
And every one said, 'If we only live,
We too will go to sea in a Sieve,---
To the hills of the Chankly Bore!'
Far and few, far and few, Are the lands where the Jumblies
live;
Their heads are green, and their hands are blue, And they went to
sea in a Sieve.
Edward Lear
http://www.nonsenselit.org/Lear/ns/jumblies.html
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This is a Cicada Killer wasp. It is beautiful and in my hand was even moreso. I did avoid the stinger! This insect likely was at the end of its short life cycle and was found on the street behind the workplace. The body was in pristine condition, though folded in death.The facanating insect is large. The abdomen is about 25+mm long(1 inch) and unfolded I suspect this wasp was about 50+mm long(2 inches) when flying and catching large insects for its den.These formidable wasps are frightening to many but have buzzed me, checking things out...seeming rather non-aggressive. I am not a cicada.
I once saw one take a large cicada from a tree and leave the branch. The wasp dove several feet downward to gain enough speed to fly with the prey as large as itself. I would love to have photos of a living one...that was not the case today. Still, I am grateful for the chance.
A blue midtoned shop towel was used to set white balance and the bg is a white piece of plastic.
Enjoy! TomDart.