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Polyblastus pinguis


Polyblastus pinguis
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Copyright: Dietrich Meyer (meyerd) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 585 W: 64 N: 2238] (7531)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-06-06
Categories: Insects
Camera: Konika Minolta Dynax 7D, Minolta AF 100 Macro & Kenko tube
Exposure: f/18.0, 1/125 seconds
Details: (Fill) Flash: Yes
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2011-06-03 1:57
Viewed: 3071
Points: 16
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
The backyard once more:

Hi you all, I'm back from my long bicycle journey to Syria and Lebanon. The pictures I took from natural settings during the trip are not of exceptional quality or interest to you, so I hark back to pictures made back home. This female Ichneumon wasp (Hymenoptera; Ichneumonidae; Tryphoninae; Polyblastus pinguis (Gravenhorst 1880)) had obviously entangled itself in a spider web, giving me the opportunity to shoot.

ID: Ichneumonids are hell to identify, more than 2'000 species occur in my region. They are the "Orchids" among the insects! Photographers shy away from them because the are restless buggers. I got help from James Lindsey with his site www.commanster.eu (thanks, James). The presented species is about 12 mm long, it deposits its eggs into larvae of Pachynematus clitellatus, a Tenthredinid wasp. This is a "First" on TN.
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  • anel Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 3053 W: 3 N: 8715] (40574)
  • [2011-06-03 2:33]

Lieber Dieter,
Siehe da, er ist zurück!! Da bin ich ja glücklich. Ich hätte gedacht, ein Bild von Deiner Reise, nein eine stachelige Wespe in Akrobatenlaune. Interessantes Bild, das Du schon lange in Deinem Bildarchiv versteckt hattest. Du warst also doch in Syrien??
Alles liebe
Anne

Hi Dietrich,
A really intersing and oppurtunistic POV. You would never get anything like this unless it was in-flight. You captured some amazing details of this wasp and the focus is excellant. Well done.
Denis.

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  • nagraj Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1618 W: 106 N: 3208] (15166)
  • [2011-06-03 6:17]

Hi,
Beautiful species and image, is it caught in the web? tfs.
nagraj.v

good macro with clarity. poor insect!

hello Dietrich
great shot with good sharpness and good details
lovely colours to
greeting lou

Hello Dietrich,
Really a very interesting insect, the Ichneumonids also are very represented in my region, but are difficult to photograph for his nerve and speed, good work!
Regards
Jesús

Hi Dietrich,
very interesting species. Very good point of view. Nice natural colours.
I haven't seen you for a long time! Welcome!
Have a nice evening
Maciek

Lieber Dieter,
gefangen in den Fäden eines Spinnennetzes hat sich Dir diese Schlupfweste in höchst eindrucksvoller Weise präsentiert. Dass sie in allen Details dieser raumgreifenden Pose scharf abgebildet ist, haben wir deinem fotografischen Geschick zu verdanken. Die Dramatik der frontalen Begegnung mit entgegengerecktem Legestachel hast Du durch den sehr gekonnt gewählten Blickwinkel perfekt gesteigert.
Mit Dank und herzlichen Grüssen aus Wien,
Peter

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