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Wasp and Diamonds


Wasp and Diamonds
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Copyright: Arjun Haarith (Arjun) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 358 W: 7 N: 1109] (5396)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2009-06-14
Categories: Insects
Camera: Nikon D200, AF Nikkor 28-105 Macro
Exposure: f/7.1, 1/100 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2009-06-27 11:19
Viewed: 395
Points: 8
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
I had posted a similar picture before, but this is slightly different.
Here is a link to my previous picture of this series :

wasp and diamond


A wasp is a predatory, flying, stinging insect, with a stinger and membranous forewings and hindwings. It is related to ants and bees, with all of them being members of order Hymenoptera, but is separated from ants and bees by having a stinger and no hair; and bees have hair. A rough definition of the term wasp is any member of the aculeate family Vespidae. Almost every pest insect species has at least one wasp species that preys upon it, making wasps critically important in natural control of their numbers, or natural biocontrol. Parasitic wasps are increasingly used in agricultural pest control as they prey mostly on pest insects and have little impact on crops.

Generally wasps are parasites or parasitoids as larvae, and feed only on nectar as adults. Many wasps are predatory, using other insects (often paralyzed) as food for their larvae. A few social wasps are omnivorous, feeding on a variety of fallen fruit, nectar, and carrion. Some of these social wasps, such as yellowjackets, may scavenge for dead insects to provide for their young. In many social species the larvae provide sweet secretions that are fed to the adults.

In parasitic species, the first meals are almost always provided by the animal that the adult wasp used as a host for its young. Adult male wasps sometimes visit flowers to obtain nectar to feed on in much the same manner as honey bees. Occasionally, some species, such as yellow jackets, invade honey bee nests and steal honey and/or brood

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera

Shot this at Lalbagh as the monsoons has arrived.
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  • zetu Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 643 W: 15 N: 1566] (6115)
  • [2009-06-27 12:24]

Hello Arjun
Another amazing capture, well done.
Regards
Razvan

Hi Arjun,
A nice capture of this beautiful wasp and the jewel like appearance of the perch. Very well composed with good details. Thanks a lot for sharing.

Hola Arjun,

really nice picture of this wasp, especially if compared to the low quality of many other Insect-pics posted on TN in the last days. Great lighting effects on the hair in here!

TFS Conny

Greetings Arjun

Impressive Picture overall...
Amazing details...!

Regards
vipin :-)

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