Ichneumon wasp

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Tue May 06, 2008 8:12 am

At least I think so, no ovipostor as I can see, well maybe there is but if so it is, like the wasp itself, quite small. However, I am thinking it is the end of the other back leg and it also looks like one of those "Pixar" cartoon movie characters.

Ichneumon wasp (male?)
Canon 20D
Manual mode, hand held
1/125 sec. @ f/14 ISO 400
Canon EF-S 60mm f/2.8 Macro
Canon 430EX Speedlite ETTL @ -1/3
PP: Photo Impact 6

Skinny has it, that there are approximately 3,000 species in North America, with the family so large and so diverse, as to identifying to species or even genus is really quite difficult.

Aynia · Post by **Aynia** » Tue May 06, 2008 10:08 am

Seems to have a pretty face...... can't say handsome.

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Tue May 06, 2008 10:19 am

Aww...careful now, you'll hurt its feelings

I thought it to be quite cute and lovable actually, though there are caterpillars and such who might tend to vehemently disagree!

Thanks Aynia