Beewolf - Philanthus species

"Tarsal rake" indicates female...

9/3/07
Boulevard Park, Seattle, Washington, United States
Philanthus species.
Nectaring on Japanese Knotweed, Polygonum cuspidatum.
Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Superclass: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class: Insecta (Insects)
Subclass: Pterygota (Winged Insects)
Order: Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps & Sawflies)
(Aculeata - Bees, Ants & other Stinging Wasps)
(Apoid Wasps (Apoidea)- traditional Sphecidae)
Family: Crabronidae
Subfamily: Philanthinae
Genus: Philanthus (Beewolves)

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urtica says:

Well-photographed!
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

maxi millipede says:

Thanks! I'm not happy with the color balance, but I switched to processing my RAW format photos from the Fuji software to Photoshop CS3. This was one of my first to be processed that way. Now I just have to figure out how to get rid of the noise without losing the detail.

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Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

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