Plasticized Cow Killer Wasp
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Photo Info
| Uploaded | June 20, 2008 |
| Taken | August 18, 2007 |
| Make | Nikon Corporation |
| Model | NIKON D200 |
| Exposure | 1/250 sec at f/22 |
| Flash | Flash, strobe return light not detected |
| Focal Length | 60 mm |
| ISO | 100 |
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Photo license: © All rights reserved
8 responses
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Chuck Koehler said (21 Jun 2008):
I had the wasp in a bowl with plastic wrap over the top so I could take pictures easily without risk of finding out why they call this the Cow Killer. When processed I noticed that all of the out of focus areas took on a Plastic Quality that I find really interesting. Just in case anyone was wondering if it was retouched to look like this - it was'nt.
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Catherine Kurvink gave props (21 Jun 2008):
Um, this is really, really good and very scary.
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Bronwyn B gave props (30 Jun 2008):
That is one scary wasp! Fantastic capture!! Well done
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Susan Helsel (Deleted) gave props (17 Jan 2009):
very cool. I'm always amazed how scary looking macro bugs are
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Karen Zimmerman gave props (25 Jul 2009):
Wow! Great shot, and interesting effect with the plastic. Thanks for the explanation!
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Dunja Kolar gave props (13 Aug 2009):
excellent macro
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May Lattanzio gave props (30 Sep 2012):
Good shot of a scary insect - I know - I stepped on one recently. My fault. Bare feet. They seem to appear in August and I worry about the little dogs.
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Chuck Koehler said (30 Sep 2012):
I don't think they are that poisonous. I hear the stings are very painful, and they are called Cow Killers because the stings would become infected and fester on cows then they would die from the infection!
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