Wasp legs

[Olympusman]

I had tried to photograph wasp feet from very black wasps for some time, but under the scope, there was too much glare.
These legs are from a black wasp that was soaked in Potassium hydroxide 10% for three days.
Darkfield, focus stacking and stitching of two images with a 4X objective for each final image.

[rnabholz]

That's quite a set of claws at the end. The stinger was enough to make me wary, but now....

Interesting study, thanks for posting.

Rod