This little one was stuck inside a pane of glass in my mother-in-law's green house outside Härnösand, sweden, so I decided to help it out.

For lifting it out, I ddn't use any jar or box and just used my hand instead, fully expecting it to fly off as soon as we neared the door.

But to my surprise, the wasp decided that this was an excellent time to clean its antennae and began grooming them there on my finger - allowing me to get a whole bunch of shots of it.

This is a female of one of the species in the Chrysis ignita complex, a group of species which look very similar and not possible to tell apart from my photos. Still a lovely little find, wouldn't you say?

For linke to a bunch more shots of the same wasp plus details on camera/lens/settings used for the shot, please have a look here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/54963342639/