Small Wasp head maglev north tract
Parasitic Wasp of the micro-hymenopteran type. A lurking micro-hymenopterist will surely narrow this down to some sort of group, but I am out of my comfort zone here, so will leave as a micro-hym. Note the size of the pin it is glued to. From the North Tract of Patuxent Wildlife Research Center. One of the locations that would be impacted if the MAGLEV train is placed onto refuge lands. An important sand lens region full of both prairie plants under the powerlines and globally rare pitch pine barrens. Photo by Anders Croft.
We Are Made One with What We Touch and See
We are resolved into the supreme air,
We are made one with what we touch and see,
With our heart's blood each crimson sun is fair,
With our young lives each spring impassioned tree
Flames into green, the wildest beasts that range
The moor our kinsmen are, all life is one, and all is change.
- Oscar Wilde. Original public domain image from Flickr