Double Stingers? WC 610
by Wayne Jones
I know that horntail wasps can't sting, but for some reason, I avoid handling them. Horntails are in the order Hymenoptera (wasps, bees, ants, etc.); family Siricidae. This one is Urocerus-albicornis. Even though they are not stingers, those two large terminal appendages LOOK dangerous! They bore into trees to lay eggs with the long ovipisitor sheathed in the long, straight part, but it's kind of a slow process. Many female horntails are quite large, too; another reason that they tend to freak people out.
Canon 5D3 with Sigma 150 Macro
Comments
5 commentsGreat exposure of a difficult subject, I especially like the dangerous look with the two appendages..
Fits the theme well!