Orange thighs. by durleybeachbum
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Description
I had no idea who this is, so I was relying on Juliette to tell me !
It was only about 15mm long
Dyspetes praerogator , someone on Flickr found this very likely ID!
Comments (21)
kgb224
Amazing capture Andrea. God bless.
Star4mation
Fantastic shot Andrea. I've seen these before but I couldn't tell you their name :)
jendellas
Great closeup of this unknown!!!
jayfar
One of the wasp family I reckon. Nice shot.
Faemike55
Wonderful capture very strange creature
Juliette.Gribnau
in dutch it is named a "little caterpillar-killer" ( kleine rupsendoder) beautifully captured
durleybeachbum
I think the one you mention has orange on the body, and this one didn't!
dochtersions
Oh I saw something like that in our garden too. Great you did an upload of it Andrea, I too had no clue about the identification.
wysiwig
At first I thought it was a sunburned grasshopper but Juliette put me on the right track. From Wikipedia: The small caterpillars killer (Ammophila campestris) is a vliesvleugelig insect from the family of the long shaft excavation wasps (Sphecidae) . [1] The scientific name of the species was first published in 1809 by valid Latreille Terrific close up of this mysterious stranger.
Cyve
Beautiful shot.
anmes
Carefully balanced, in many ways. Super capture
Adobe_One_Kenobi
No idea, but it is a great shot, and an insect unknown to me.
MrsRatbag
Very good closeup of this fellow; I don't think I've seen this one.
danapommet
An excellent macro capture of this tiny bug!
moochagoo
Excellent capture, bravo.
auntietk
So festive! :) Nature comes up with such beautiful colors.
jocko500
cool micro
Katraz
Great macro.
CavalierLady
Very interesting insect - well found and captured.
0rest4wicked
Can imagine this fellow in a marching band. :~p
Glendaw
Wonderful capture of this stinging beast.
kaward
What an interesting wasp thing! I think the name caterpillar killer sounds so brutal for such a striking insect. Your "Orange thighed wasp" sounds far better! Superb find and shot!