Not Sure What This Is...

[Ken Ramos]

...could be a moth of somekind, kind of fuzzy it is. Appeared at first to be a wasp or bee of some kind but on second thought, maybe a mimic, dunno?


Canon G7
Manual/macro mode, IS = On
"My Colors" = neutral, AWB
1/200 Sec. @ f/3.5 ISO 100
Onboard Flash @ 1/3, 2nd curtain
Noon, in shade, sunny, at work

[Planapo]

Hi again, Ken!

It´s nice to have pretty much wildlife around the place one works, isn´t it !?

Yeah, it looks like sesiid Lepidoptera you shot here. I´ll leave details and further confirmation to others. (Hello Rik!? )

--Betty

[MacroLuv]

What a masquerade!
It looks like a wasp, has an attitude as fly and flat antennae like a moth.
This guy is really capable to fooled hasty observer.

[rjlittlefield]

Yeah, it looks like sesiid Lepidoptera you shot here. I´ll leave details and further confirmation to others. (Hello Rik!? )

I agree. See for example http://bugguide.net/node/view/87333/bgpage.

I see these things only very very rarely, and they fake me out every time!

--Rik

[Bruce Williams]

This is a really nice clean, well exposed shot - and what a surprising case of mimicry. The natural world never ceases to amaze does it

Nice capture.

Bruce

[Ken Ramos]

Thanks everyone Yes, it is nice to have a place of employment where one can persue their interests during off times (lunch). I found this little thing along the tree line at the field behind the plant where I work, at first glance I thought it to be a yellowjacket, because they are quite active this time of year but after having downloaded and taken a good look at the image, I realized it wasn't. It is a master of disguise it seems.

[beetleman]

Thats a really incredible insect Ken. I had no Idea a moth would mimic a wasp

[Ken Ramos]

Me neither Doug but I at first was thinking it was a wasp, until I downloaded and got a real good look.

Thanks Doug