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Eliza Waters 
Good catch. You just happen to have your camera in that moment?! Perfect!!!
Thanks, Dawn. It was near the front walk on some oregano flowers, so dashing in for the camera wasn’t a problem. 🙂
It looks dangerous!
Actually, they are one of our nicer wasps, but I still wouldn’t handle it!
I love those ‘steely’ colors in the insect world, they are so unique. And highlighted beautifully with those white flowers kind lady 🤗❤️🙏
Thank you, Mark. A flying jewel to bedazzle us. 🙂
A great capture Eliza and such amazing colours! 💙 xxx
Thank you, Xenia. It is such a beautiful insect!
What a strange beastie. I have never seen anything like it. How does it kill its prey?
They are fairly common here in the US. I believe it stings and paralyzes its prey and then it lays an egg on it which the larva eat. Kind of gruesome, but that is nature for you!
Oh goodness, it’s a good thing they are not bigger and haven’t developed a taste for humans. Giant steel- blue cricket hunters would be seriously scary.
Ha, yes, I’m glad large predators are a thing of our past. 😉
Beautifully photographed. It looks like it has armor on. 😊
Thank you, Pepper. I love that blue metallic sheen!
Nice shot, Eliza! It looks like it means business 😏
Thank you, Belinda. Its wings were constantly moving, so a challenge to capture, but I got a decent shot eventually!
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What a beauty! It certainly rivals our metallic bees for compelling color.
Thanks, Linda. I think I am part magpie, as I am attracted to shiny objects, insects included. 😉
Amazing looking bug!
IKR? I love metallic-sheen insects. 🙂
Spectacular Eliza! The colour make the cricket look almost like a toy..
Thanks, Maria. I love these wasps, so sleek!
Those iridescent/metallic colors are really striking. Nice capture, Eliza.
Thank you, Monika. Midnight metallic blue is so gorgeous!
That is a beauty, but watch out crickets!
Thank you, Laurie. There will always probably be enough crickets to keep the symphony playing. 🙂
As insects go, that’s a pretty one!
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Definitely… thanks, Kris!
Pretty colors, but it’s probably dangerous, right??
Thanks, Debbie. Not as bad as hornets, these ones will only sting if provoked. Wasps in general are fairly benign if left alone. Hornets are a bit more territorial.
Thanks for the info!
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Beautiful flower and insect! That dark, iridescence is lovely!
Thank you, Tina. While not super common (at least here), they range from Canada to Mexico. Do you ever see any?
Stunning!!!
Thank you, Alys! 🙂
Superb !
Thank you! 🙂
That is THE coolest looking bug I have ever seen! Is it a destroyer of plants? I like to think not…
Thanks, Dale. No, adults are pollinators (yay) and are predator of insects for their young. Flashy garden friends. 🙂
Thank goodnes. They are truly the coolest.
Wonderful capture and you have some very interesting visitors!🙂
Thanks! Wasn’t it just the coolest? I love seeing these beautiful blue wasps. 🙂
Lovely shot.
Thank you so much!
Love the downward diagonal the wasp makes in the frame and the crisp details.
Thank you very much, Tom. Thanks to a very cooperative wasp! 😉
A lustrous shade of blue, it does look very metallic!
Thanks, Barbara. I think they are so beautiful!
Terrific photo, Eliza, of this gem-like wasp.
Thank you, Jet!
The metallic blue-black of the wasp looks attractive against the white flowers. Good find.
Thanks, Steve!
Oh! that’s a gorgeous photograph.
Thank you, Dawn!
Wow it looks like a killer!
A beneficial insect on the job! 😉
Great shot, Eliza! I can almost feel it crawling on me.
Ha, thanks, Nailah. She is quite a dazzler, oui?