I found a dead wasp yesterday, today I have been looking for some living ones. No luck I'm afraid.
This is a Sabre Wasp, a female. A very impressive insect.
I am still trying to grasp the skills required to use animation nodes in Blender this short video is my latest effort.
Works reasonably well.
Have a good week.
It's a beautiful photo. Have never knowingly met a sabre wasp.
ReplyDeleteLucy, they are attractive but not to Horntail wasps. she uses the long ovipositor to lay eggs on Horntail lava buried deep in pine logs.
DeleteNot seen one with that long an ovipositor. Unusual thick legs as well.
ReplyDeleteLaser printing video looks good. Very professional.
John, this is a female, it was dead and it's legs were all doubled up. I did try to straighten them with a bit of kettle steam but one fell off so I left well alone.
DeleteThe video needs more work but is okayish. It does have some crinkles round the bevel on the letter and I had to use a re-mesh modifier to stop spiky bits. Got rid of all but one. it would make a good video title but EEVEE is still a pain to render with particles and and curves. It will work using Viewport render but the results are only middling. Don't know what I clicked to get this to render as I was getting well choked off. I blamed the dogs but they were innocent.
Fine shot!
ReplyDeleteCloudia, thank you. the white background was anything but white. I should have done a before and after, I thank Adobe for the result.
DeleteNice find with the Ichneumon Adrian, a cracking insect...what a shame it's sabre wielding days were over! It always amazes me how they manage to 'drill' into the wood with something that looks so vulnerable.
ReplyDeleteA laser printed header coming up soon then?...nice work...[;o)
Trevor, I wondered how it managed to drill logs. Apparently the ovipositor is made of metal. They probably get them from BangGood.
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