Amazon - Weevil, Inchworm, & Star Wasps

crotermund · Post by **crotermund** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 9:03 pm

A weevil found in the jungle:

Just a little inchworm:

A very small nest of star wasps. This is the id provided by our guide so I am not certain if it is exact or not. Ken & I encountered a much bigger nest of these things also. Their nests were really cool.

beetleman · Post by **beetleman** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 10:25 am

I love all three pictures Craig but the inchworm, for some reason, strikes me as very cool....must be the banded colors. Did the wasps threaten you at all????? I would not want to try and get a shot like this of a local yellowjacket nest

crotermund · Post by **crotermund** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 1:14 pm

Thanks, Doug. No, the wasps weren't threatening, but to be honest I don't really think about it anymore. I stick my lens / face a lot closer than I should to this kind of stuff

and do my worrying if the nest all of a sudden appears empty and I feel buzzing around my head.

Bruce Williams · Post by **Bruce Williams** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 1:37 pm

Three more super pics Craig. Love the snout and bent antennae on the weevil - in fact he's altogether an interesting character. The inchworm is classic

. The light areas of the body seem almost translucent - is that internal structures we can see or just lighter surface markings?

Bruce

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 4:45 pm

You know I really don't know how I would like having my antenna at the end of my nose but the weevil seems not to mind, like it has a choice

A very good and detailed shot though

That inch worm brings about the same questions as what Bruce asked, looks as though I can see a gut and a few viens of some sort in there

As for those wasps, they are pretty cool

, I have never seen a nest like that before. Wonder why they call them "star" wasps

Maybe one has to get a little closer to find out. I know if a hornet pops you one, you will see stars...and planets, and galaxies, black holes...maybe even deep space.

crotermund · Post by **crotermund** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 8:27 pm

Hmmm, Bruce & Ken, you do have my curiousity on the inchworm. It does have a translucent quality on the lighter areas. I looked at the original and I'm not certain, but those lighter markings do look like they could be something inside.

Good eyes, guys. Cool.