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 (DIR) Post #AVpQb5DkwDY6cP71OK by jencmars@mastodon.art
       2023-05-19T23:34:43Z
       
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       This was a great day for finding little wasps.I think this is genus Megastigmus.#insects #MacroPhotography #wasps
       
 (DIR) Post #AVqfCuyU02hiBlF35c by nellie_m@autisticpri.de
       2023-05-20T05:00:30Z
       
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       @jencmars @twizzt so delicate I’m afraid to even look at it, in case it might break them
       
 (DIR) Post #AVqfCvl35TYIcNxpmy by twizzt@sauropods.win
       2023-05-20T14:04:35Z
       
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       @nellie_m @jencmars When preparing these tiny wasps for collections, they require a special dehydration process using HMDS or their bodies will collapse. Same with some of the more soft bodied braconids. But actually handling them with forceps isn't bad. At this scale, static electricity becomes your worst enemy.  Also mind blowing, there are much tinier wasps!