Thank you! These were initially ones that I'd passed over from putting online, but I was looking at them again and some of the textures caught my eye. So I'm glad someone liked them : )

(Note: not actually a hornet. A regrettable colloquialism on my part! Some sort of wasp, I had one person say possibly Crabronidae but I'm not sure)

Completely different vibe with just the backlight.

Some closer up photos. The eyes for me, especially, are so interesting.

More zoomed in. Like look at that...Crazy!