a black slip wasp

I can't believe my luck in getting this shot back in mid-October.

My daughter had spotted this critter outside on a window but by the time I got outside with my camera it had flown - long gone.

Then, around a week or two later I was outside trying to photograph a false widow spider that had a web underneath our bedroom window (we live in a bungalow so no heroics or ladder needed!) when I spotted this wasp fly right by me and land in a nearby olive tree in our front garden.

As I had my camera with me, I was now primed to grab an image of a black slip wasp (but you already knew that from the title!).

Fujifilm X-H2, TTArtisans 100mm f2.8 2x macro lens
1/200th of a second at f5.6, ISO 125
handheld

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A video all about vintage lenses this week.  What fun...

Also, a quick look ant my newest gear acquisition - my Olympus and OM System macro kit: