It took me a very long time to find a name for this sweet thing. From a distance, it looks like many other residents of my local woods. But on closer viewing, it has the worst skin texture I’ve seen in a long time! At first, I thought this made it look particularly ugly … but I actually think it’s rather sweet looking.
I believe he or she is a Sawfly – a Dolerus nitens to be exact – but, as usual, I may be wrong and stand to be corrected by any experts out there.
© Alice through the Macro Lens [2012]
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What a bizarre shape! The thorax is shaped like the top of a peeled tangerine. Wow.
And “Wee Beastie” is perfect! You can even include other non-bug critters if you come across a good candidate.
This is true, I’m no longer confined to mere creepy crawlies.
As for this guy – fabulous isn’t he!