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Wasp with Spider Prey
e6filmuser
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I spotted a brownish blob on the top of a leaf of a blackcurrant bush. It looked like the body of a spider but I could see no legs.
Then a black wasp appeared, clearly in attendance of the blob. I realised that the wasp was a predator which had immobilised to spider by biting off its legs. The wasp climbed over the spider several times and then started carrying it from leaf to leaf, with a rapid but jerky run. Eventually, it flew off, carrying the spider.
Although the lens was set at f16, the stop-down ring had opened this up for the initial shots (last ones posted). Some of the images needed more processing that usual to show the details. On image shows mainly the wing venation.
I believe the wasp to be a sphecid (s. lato).
EM-1, Kiron 105 f16, twin TTL flash, hand-held.
Harold
Then a black wasp appeared, clearly in attendance of the blob. I realised that the wasp was a predator which had immobilised to spider by biting off its legs. The wasp climbed over the spider several times and then started carrying it from leaf to leaf, with a rapid but jerky run. Eventually, it flew off, carrying the spider.
Although the lens was set at f16, the stop-down ring had opened this up for the initial shots (last ones posted). Some of the images needed more processing that usual to show the details. On image shows mainly the wing venation.
I believe the wasp to be a sphecid (s. lato).
EM-1, Kiron 105 f16, twin TTL flash, hand-held.
Harold
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