Weird Wasp
We saw this strange little wasp the other day, loitering with intent near what looked like an ant hill in a forest in the east of The Netherlands.
It did some digging into the anthill, so it could be a parasitic wasp, or maybe it was just hunting.
Olympus Stylus 1s, 42mm, ISO800, f8, 1/20s
I have never seen a wasp with such big eyes before; the yellow jaws also stand out.
Does anyone here know what species this could be?
Its like those little dolls with big heads and eyes :p
What is that orange stuff around?
I'm not sure, it looked like a pile of coarse sand, or maybe something organic, like some ants collect to build a nest.
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Post very good, Very interesting picture, what camera device do you take?
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i do not know the species but wasps are meat eaters, so this could be some kind of ant hunter
Nice macro. Resteemed.
Nice photos
Nice one. Maybe one of the Sand Wasps (Bembix sp)
Never seen one like it before, what a huge head!
hmm strange head