[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"news-5200-EN":3},{"pk":4,"published":5,"tags":6,"tile_image":7,"images":8,"permalink":10,"title":11,"ex_news":12,"body":13,"news_id":14,"summary":15,"posted":16,"ex_artist":12},"news","2022-05-30T06:00:00","#editorial#drawing#characters#animals and nature#pen and ink#nature#humour#john holder#watercolour#line and wash#insects#","blog_5200_637894901600781337.jpg",[9],{"filename":7},"\u002Fnews\u002F5200\u002Fkiller_wasps","Killer Wasps",false,"\u003Cp>The magazine chose John for his for sense of colour,  expression and movement and asked for an amusing piece showing the wasps and their taste for cicadas.\u003C\u002Fp>\r\n\u003Cp>The killer wasps keep the cicada population balanced by offering the paralyzed insect to their young larvae and are particularly busy in the Southern area of the US.\u003C\u002Fp>\r\n\u003Cp> \u003C\u002Fp>",5200,"US magazine Virginia Living commission \u003Ca href=\"\u002FJohnHolder\">John Holder\u003C\u002Fa> for an illustration to lead their piece on Cicada Killer Wasps. ","2022-05-30T06:00:00#5200"]