Just for a change, it isn't a bee!

It's a supposedly common (?) club horned sawfly, Abia Sericea. It's so common I had to look it up. It's a most startling, iridescent beast that is quite harmless despite its appearance.

Liked by drofmit sueriley Grodgeman davidrobinson

Uploaded24/07/2024 - 00:42

CategoryWildlife / Nature

BodyPENTAX K-3 II

Shutter Speed1/320

Aperturef/10.0

LensHD PENTAX-DA 55-300mm F4.5-6.3 ED PLM WR RE

ISO800

Focal Length100mm

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Tagssawfly

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Date Taken	16/04/2018 - 12:04
Make	RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD.
Model	PENTAX K-3 II
Program Mode	Aperture Priority
Metering Mode	Multi-segment
Shutter Speed	1/320
Aperture	f/10.0
ISO	800
Focal Length	100mm
Lens	HD PENTAX-DA 55-300mm F4.5-6.3 ED PLM WR RE

Plus Member drofmit drofmit

60 posts
15 years
Touraine du Sud,
[Indre-et-Loire],
France

Posted 28/07/2024 - 21:09 Link

And it is BIG and quite noisy, too..... had one here and had a dipterist [but with wide knowledge] to ID it on the spot with... "You've got to photograph that... they are quite rare!!"

Never be afraid to talk about your techniques...
"Give a thousand photographers...
the same camera, lens and scene...
and you'll always get a thousand different takes!!"
Anon.

davidwozhere davidwozhere

3448 posts
10 years
Slap in the middle of England

Posted 30/07/2024 - 00:03 Link

I've never seen one, before or since. On the other hand, there are any number of images available, should you search under the Latin name (but first, you need to discover that name and it took me a long time !!).

Both the *istDS and the K5 are incurably addicted to old glass

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