Cicada Killer Wasps seemed a bit more abundant at this particular location this year but somewhat smaller as well.
Dixon Waterfowl Refuge, Putnam County, Illinois.
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A large, mostly orangey wasp with a black head and thorax and translucent black-orange wings
Side view, the extremely long abdomen is black with 3 uneven pale yellow stripes
The wings are splayed now, showing off the abdomen and a dark orange spot between the wing bases
Eastern cicada killer, aka hell's most docile wasp
#bugs #bugsky #inverts #invertsky #wasp #cicadakiller #easterncicadakiller
A very large wasp-like insect, a Cicada Killer, on some red brick above a concrete sidewalk.
First Cicada Killer spotting of the year. Clark Street just south of Wellington, Chicago.
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An incomplete watercolor of a cicada killer wasp. A detail view of the shiny abdomen.
Today I really put the shine on the abdomen! It is hard to see but I used a subtle amount of blue in the shine, to help make it pop! #wasp #watercoloring #environmentalart #dailypaiting #cicadakiller
Beautiful Cicada killer feeding on a split in a Longan fruit. #CicadaKiller #insects #NaturePhotography #Nature #entomology
