ghogh Offline Upload & Sell: Off
|
p.1 #1 · p.1 #1 · Two large digger wasps on the flowers of swamp milkweed, . . . | |
. . . no doubt sipping nectar and searching for victims.
These were photographed in a low lying area of a small park near my house in Ann Arbor, MI USA.
A common Great Golden Digger Wasp - Sphex ichneumoneus
http://zulle.pair.com/ghogh/macro/AA/AA_103_7584.jpg
date/time/loc.: 2004:07:25 18:12:46 N42.25771 W83.76253
file: /Volumes/photo/2004_D2/take103/DSC_7584.JPG
camera/frame: NIKON D2h / 9816
lens: micro Nikkor 200.0mm, f/7.1
shutter: 1/200 sec.
CCD sens.: 200 ISO
An even more common Great Black Digger Wasp - Sphex pennsylvanicus
http://zulle.pair.com/ghogh/macro/AA/AA_103_7610.jpg
date/time/loc.: 2004:07:25 18:19:23 N42.25772 W83.76254
file: /Volumes/photo/2004_D2/take103/DSC_7610.JPG
camera/frame: NIKON D2h / 9842
lens: micro Nikkor 200.0mm, f/6.7
shutter: 1/180 sec.
CCD sens.: 200 ISO
There were also considerable numbers of bumblebees and some clear-winged hummingbird moths.
Cheers,
|