Insect wasp?

mygale · Post by **mygale** » Sat Aug 12, 2017 6:02 am

Stinger by mygale, auf Flickr

Gear: Sony Alpha 7RII + Cognisys StackShot + 50mm Componon (flic.kr/p/VAKXd5)

Light: 4x Ikea Jansjö, foam cup DIY diffuser + reflector

Stacking: Stacked from 90 images (140µm), Helicon A+B+C+C.
Editing: Photoshop CC with scripts and plugins, ACR, Lightroom CC, Illustrator CC. 16bit ProPhoto, 3:2.

Additional notes: Studio work.
Location: Germany NRW
ID: Unknown

banania · Post by **banania** » Sat Aug 12, 2017 8:22 am

Very nice, superb... I think it belongs to sawflies.

How is it mounted?

MarkSturtevant · Post by **MarkSturtevant** » Mon Aug 21, 2017 9:10 am

This is a wasp, and hard to tell for certain, but some things say it is a small spider wasp (family Pompillidae). The curly antennae and the long tibial spurs be characters seen in that family.