Two-fer: Female ‘Macrocentrine’ on cone flower

Now in southeastern Michigan (where Clare & I grew up). Clare’s mom’s neighbor is a master gardener and this scene was on a cone flower between the two houses. The taxonomy for this wasp:
» Order: Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera)
»» No Taxon: “Parasitica” (parasitic Apocrita)
»»» Superfamily: Braconids and Ichneumons (Ichneumonoidea)
»»»» Family: Braconid Wasps (Braconidae)
»»»»» Subfamily: Macrocentrinae
Additional images (ovipositors more obvious): http://bugguide.net/node/view/686656/bgimage

Notes. f/5.6 at 1/80", ISO 1000 and 55mm.
Still having difficulty with my camera not retaining the date-and-time info…

A year ago (“What sort of person am I?”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2011-08-01

[Michelle]

Oh wow that is so tiny.. Beautiful shot