This, I feel, is as piquant as a picture can be. Â We are a production shop, we parse thousands of insect specimens collected by many people. Â At times, like this one, specimens come in that are uncommon or part of a study (here from a survey of Hart-Miller Island by Gene Scarpulla) and you take what you get. Â Normally it is easy to Photoshop out the pin, but in this case it is so tiny a specimen that it has integrated in with the pin and glue....the metallic-ness of both pin and wasp are complementary and the layout graceful which like any good photograph generates stories and questions which your mind answers in its search for meaning. Â Phew..., heady stuff, got to cut out the late night chocolate...
Photograph by Brooke Alexander
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