August 24: great black (& white) wasp by Jason Anderson

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24-AUG-2008	Jason Anderson

August 24: great black (& white) wasp

North Providence, RI

Very black and alarmingly large, with pearlescent blue-black wings. From Wikipedia: sphex pennsylvanic[us] is solitary, non-aggressive and hunts katydids and grasshoppers.

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Nikon D300 ,Quantaray 70-300mm for Nikon AF
1/500s f/5.6 at 300.0mm iso400 hide exif

Full EXIF Info
Date/Time	24-Aug-2008 09:38:54
Make	Nikon
Model	NIKON D300
Flash Used	No
Focal Length	300 mm
Exposure Time	1/500 sec
Aperture	f/5.6
ISO Equivalent	400
Exposure Bias
White Balance
Metering Mode	matrix (5)
JPEG Quality
Exposure Program	aperture priority (3)
Focus Distance

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Malcolm Smith		26-Aug-2008 18:51
Non-aggressive it may be, but still damned terrifying to look at! Good catch.

Matylda Lempel-Chareza Photography		26-Aug-2008 08:22
Soft,cute,tell the story-v

Phillip Normanton		25-Aug-2008 19:39
Non-aggressive - try telling that to a grasshopper!!! ;-)

J. Scott Coile		25-Aug-2008 17:11
Eating on the Smartweed (Polygonum pensylvanicum). Must be getting energy up to battle grasshoppers ;-) Bugs Life! Made me think of an old PaD PiNg... http://www.pbase.com/1designguy/image/33260012

Guest		25-Aug-2008 10:48
Beautiful.

Guest		25-Aug-2008 03:45
I must be white blind, can't see the white wasp! :)

Guest		25-Aug-2008 01:47
very nice indeed lovely tones

Laryl		25-Aug-2008 01:33
oh my.. stand back! bet it's really pretty

Jola Dziubinska		25-Aug-2008 00:57
Nicely seen and composed.

Nancy Lobaugh		25-Aug-2008 00:25
nice catch... like the high contrast

Faye White		24-Aug-2008 23:28
great catch!

laine82		24-Aug-2008 23:01
Good Bug Good Bug !!! Eats the bad boys !!! Nicely delicate shot.

Greg Vescuso		24-Aug-2008 22:49
Cool wasp!!non-aggressive my kind of wasp..Very good catch!!1

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