Returning a shadow

15 November 2009 4 Comments Home » Insects etc.

A chance meeting with a tiny wasp,
its shadow carelessly thrown across a leaf,
needed no longer, called back home
by the sun.

A wasp's shadow carelessly thrown across across a leaf

4 Comments »

  • Alex said:

    Cool. Possibly a braconid wasp in the subfamily Alysiinae.

    # 17 November 2009 at 11:21 am
  • Rick said:

    Thanks Alex. I’ve asked several entomologists about this wasp before, but you’re the first to give me a subfamily.

    # 17 November 2009 at 6:31 pm
  • jason said:

    That’s a great shot! There’s something cold about the leaf that gives it an ethereal feel to the insect’s color.

    # 19 November 2009 at 8:26 am
  • Rick said:

    Thanks Jason. I think in all my images I’m trying to give a feeling for the world in which they live.

    # 19 November 2009 at 8:55 am

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