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  1. I just finished making a new tiny diffuser and headed outside. This amazing girl was sitting on a mango and posing nicely. Despite having my cheapest most underpowered flash on my camera, I'm still pretty happy about the result. This tiny wasp was probably looking for fruit fly larvae.

    More photos here:

    inaturalist.org/observations/3

    #Nature #Photography #Diachasmimorpha #Opiinae #Braconidae #Hymenoptera #SriLanka #Parasitoid #Insects #InsectInteraction

  2. I just finished making a new tiny diffuser and headed outside. This amazing girl was sitting on a mango and posing nicely. Despite having my cheapest most underpowered flash on my camera, I'm still pretty happy about the result. This tiny wasp was probably looking for fruit fly larvae.

    More photos here:

    inaturalist.org/observations/3

    #Nature #Photography #Diachasmimorpha #Opiinae #Braconidae #Hymenoptera #SriLanka #Parasitoid #Insects #InsectInteraction

  3. I just finished making a new tiny diffuser and headed outside. This amazing girl was sitting on a mango and posing nicely. Despite having my cheapest most underpowered flash on my camera, I'm still pretty happy about the result. This tiny wasp was probably looking for fruit fly larvae.

    More photos here:

    inaturalist.org/observations/3

    #Nature #Photography #Diachasmimorpha #Opiinae #Braconidae #Hymenoptera #SriLanka #Parasitoid #Insects #InsectInteraction

  4. I just finished making a new tiny diffuser and headed outside. This amazing girl was sitting on a mango and posing nicely. Despite having my cheapest most underpowered flash on my camera, I'm still pretty happy about the result. This tiny wasp was probably looking for fruit fly larvae.

    More photos here:

    inaturalist.org/observations/3

    #Nature #Photography #Diachasmimorpha #Opiinae #Braconidae #Hymenoptera #SriLanka #Parasitoid #Insects #InsectInteraction

  5. I just finished making a new tiny diffuser and headed outside. This amazing girl was sitting on a mango and posing nicely. Despite having my cheapest most underpowered flash on my camera, I'm still pretty happy about the result. This tiny wasp was probably looking for fruit fly larvae.

    More photos here:

    inaturalist.org/observations/3

    #Nature #Photography #Diachasmimorpha #Opiinae #Braconidae #Hymenoptera #SriLanka #Parasitoid #Insects #InsectInteraction

  6. Some alysiine braconids have been lekking in the back garden. These are parasites of flies, and given how many I'm seeing, I suspect they've been feeding on maggots in my compost.#Hymenoptera #Braconidae #Wasps #Insects

  7. Some alysiine braconids have been lekking in the back garden. These are parasites of flies, and given how many I'm seeing, I suspect they've been feeding on maggots in my compost.#Hymenoptera #Braconidae #Wasps #Insects

  8. Some alysiine braconids have been lekking in the back garden. These are parasites of flies, and given how many I'm seeing, I suspect they've been feeding on maggots in my compost.#Hymenoptera #Braconidae #Wasps #Insects

  9. Some alysiine braconids have been lekking in the back garden. These are parasites of flies, and given how many I'm seeing, I suspect they've been feeding on maggots in my compost.#Hymenoptera #Braconidae #Wasps #Insects

  10. Some alysiine braconids have been lekking in the back garden. These are parasites of flies, and given how many I'm seeing, I suspect they've been feeding on maggots in my compost.#Hymenoptera #Braconidae #Wasps #Insects

  11. Quite pleased with this shot of an Urosigalphus braconid wasp I got in central Austin today. I suspect the wasps are emerging from live oak acorns, having parasitized the grubs acorn weevils.

    Not many live photos exist of this genus, it seems.

    #Urosigalphus #Braconidae #WaspLove #Insects

  12. Quite pleased with this shot of an Urosigalphus braconid wasp I got in central Austin today. I suspect the wasps are emerging from live oak acorns, having parasitized the grubs acorn weevils.

    Not many live photos exist of this genus, it seems.

    #Urosigalphus #Braconidae #WaspLove #Insects

  13. Quite pleased with this shot of an Urosigalphus braconid wasp I got in central Austin today. I suspect the wasps are emerging from live oak acorns, having parasitized the grubs acorn weevils.

    Not many live photos exist of this genus, it seems.

    #Urosigalphus #Braconidae #WaspLove #Insects

  14. Quite pleased with this shot of an Urosigalphus braconid wasp I got in central Austin today. I suspect the wasps are emerging from live oak acorns, having parasitized the grubs acorn weevils.

    Not many live photos exist of this genus, it seems.

    #Urosigalphus #Braconidae #WaspLove #Insects

  15. Quite pleased with this shot of an Urosigalphus braconid wasp I got in central Austin today. I suspect the wasps are emerging from live oak acorns, having parasitized the grubs acorn weevils.

    Not many live photos exist of this genus, it seems.

    #Urosigalphus #Braconidae #WaspLove #Insects

  16. Here's a wasp species I'm guessing hasn't been photographed alive more than a handful of times.

    In the field I thought it might be a microgastrine braconid. But it's Cardiochiles explorator, in a different subfamily. From Van Horn, Texas.

    #Braconidae #Wasps #Cardiochiles #Insects

  17. Here's a wasp species I'm guessing hasn't been photographed alive more than a handful of times.

    In the field I thought it might be a microgastrine braconid. But it's Cardiochiles explorator, in a different subfamily. From Van Horn, Texas.

    #Braconidae #Wasps #Cardiochiles #Insects

  18. Here's a wasp species I'm guessing hasn't been photographed alive more than a handful of times.

    In the field I thought it might be a microgastrine braconid. But it's Cardiochiles explorator, in a different subfamily. From Van Horn, Texas.

    #Braconidae #Wasps #Cardiochiles #Insects

  19. Here's a wasp species I'm guessing hasn't been photographed alive more than a handful of times.

    In the field I thought it might be a microgastrine braconid. But it's Cardiochiles explorator, in a different subfamily. From Van Horn, Texas.

    #Braconidae #Wasps #Cardiochiles #Insects

  20. Here's a wasp species I'm guessing hasn't been photographed alive more than a handful of times.

    In the field I thought it might be a microgastrine braconid. But it's Cardiochiles explorator, in a different subfamily. From Van Horn, Texas.

    #Braconidae #Wasps #Cardiochiles #Insects

  21. Anyone good at identifying small wasps from photographs? I could use some help on this iNaturalist observation from 2018. Might be Nealiolus or Aliolus ... or something else entirely. @bugid #inaturalist #wasp #hymenoptera #braconid #braconidae #insects #entomology
    inaturalist.org/observations/1

  22. Anyone good at identifying small wasps from photographs? I could use some help on this iNaturalist observation from 2018. Might be Nealiolus or Aliolus ... or something else entirely. @bugid #inaturalist #wasp #hymenoptera #braconid #braconidae #insects #entomology
    inaturalist.org/observations/1

  23. Anyone good at identifying small wasps from photographs? I could use some help on this iNaturalist observation from 2018. Might be Nealiolus or Aliolus ... or something else entirely. @bugid #inaturalist #wasp #hymenoptera #braconid #braconidae #insects #entomology
    inaturalist.org/observations/1

  24. Anyone good at identifying small wasps from photographs? I could use some help on this iNaturalist observation from 2018. Might be Nealiolus or Aliolus ... or something else entirely. @bugid #inaturalist #wasp #hymenoptera #braconid #braconidae #insects #entomology
    inaturalist.org/observations/1

  25. Anyone good at identifying small wasps from photographs? I could use some help on this iNaturalist observation from 2018. Might be Nealiolus or Aliolus ... or something else entirely. @bugid #inaturalist #wasp #hymenoptera #braconid #braconidae #insects #entomology
    inaturalist.org/observations/1

  26. A colorful braconid wasp rests on a tree trunk. Victoria, Australia. #wasps #braconidae #insects

  27. A colorful braconid wasp rests on a tree trunk. Victoria, Australia. #wasps #braconidae #insects

  28. A colorful braconid wasp rests on a tree trunk. Victoria, Australia. #wasps #braconidae #insects

  29. A colorful braconid wasp rests on a tree trunk. Victoria, Australia. #wasps #braconidae #insects

  30. A colorful braconid wasp rests on a tree trunk. Victoria, Australia. #wasps #braconidae #insects

  31. Down by the lake the other day, my favourite willow was positively covered with large purple aphids making their way up the trunk—and the air was alive with swarms of tiny parasitoid wasps (family Braconidae) preying on them! Here is one injecting an egg into an aphid. The aphids become swollen husks as the wasp hatches, feeds, and pupates, eventually cutting a neat hole and emerging as an adult, ready to continue the cycle. I have never seen the wasps emerging but hope to one day.

    #bugstodon #insects #wasps #aphids #parasitism#Hymenoptera #Braconidae #Aphidiinae

  32. Down by the lake the other day, my favourite willow was positively covered with large purple aphids making their way up the trunk—and the air was alive with swarms of tiny parasitoid wasps (family Braconidae) preying on them! Here is one injecting an egg into an aphid. The aphids become swollen husks as the wasp hatches, feeds, and pupates, eventually cutting a neat hole and emerging as an adult, ready to continue the cycle. I have never seen the wasps emerging but hope to one day.

    #bugstodon #insects #wasps #aphids #parasitism#Hymenoptera #Braconidae #Aphidiinae

  33. Down by the lake the other day, my favourite willow was positively covered with large purple aphids making their way up the trunk—and the air was alive with swarms of tiny parasitoid wasps (family Braconidae) preying on them! Here is one injecting an egg into an aphid. The aphids become swollen husks as the wasp hatches, feeds, and pupates, eventually cutting a neat hole and emerging as an adult, ready to continue the cycle. I have never seen the wasps emerging but hope to one day.

    #bugstodon #insects #wasps #aphids #parasitism#Hymenoptera #Braconidae #Aphidiinae

  34. Down by the lake the other day, my favourite willow was positively covered with large purple aphids making their way up the trunk—and the air was alive with swarms of tiny parasitoid wasps (family Braconidae) preying on them! Here is one injecting an egg into an aphid. The aphids become swollen husks as the wasp hatches, feeds, and pupates, eventually cutting a neat hole and emerging as an adult, ready to continue the cycle. I have never seen the wasps emerging but hope to one day.

    #bugstodon #insects #wasps #aphids #parasitism#Hymenoptera #Braconidae #Aphidiinae

  35. Down by the lake the other day, my favourite willow was positively covered with large purple aphids making their way up the trunk—and the air was alive with swarms of tiny parasitoid wasps (family Braconidae) preying on them! Here is one injecting an egg into an aphid. The aphids become swollen husks as the wasp hatches, feeds, and pupates, eventually cutting a neat hole and emerging as an adult, ready to continue the cycle. I have never seen the wasps emerging but hope to one day.

    #bugstodon #insects #wasps #aphids #parasitism#Hymenoptera #Braconidae #Aphidiinae

  36. Some drama in the garden. A hairstreak caterpillar sits alive but severely weakened on a batch of developing parasitic wasps that had been living inside it but emerged to pupate.

    #Braconidae #ParasitoidWasps #insects

  37. Some drama in the garden. A hairstreak caterpillar sits alive but severely weakened on a batch of developing parasitic wasps that had been living inside it but emerged to pupate.

    #Braconidae #ParasitoidWasps #insects

  38. Some drama in the garden. A hairstreak caterpillar sits alive but severely weakened on a batch of developing parasitic wasps that had been living inside it but emerged to pupate.

    #Braconidae #ParasitoidWasps #insects

  39. Some drama in the garden. A hairstreak caterpillar sits alive but severely weakened on a batch of developing parasitic wasps that had been living inside it but emerged to pupate.

    #Braconidae #ParasitoidWasps #insects

  40. Some drama in the garden. A hairstreak caterpillar sits alive but severely weakened on a batch of developing parasitic wasps that had been living inside it but emerged to pupate.

    #Braconidae #ParasitoidWasps #insects

  41. In 2018, Fernandez-Triana et al. described various #wasps in the family #Braconidae, including a genus #Qrocodiledundee and the species Qrocodiledundee outbackense.

    I find this comment under #etymology really odd:

    'Named after the iconic Australian movie “Crocodile Dundee” ... The first letter of the name is changed to a “Q” to guarantee the uniqueness of the name and avoid potential homonyms.'

    doi.org/10.3897/jhr.64.25453

    How likely was a Crocodiledundee #homonym?

    #entomology #taxonomy

  42. In 2018, Fernandez-Triana et al. described various #wasps in the family #Braconidae, including a genus #Qrocodiledundee and the species Qrocodiledundee outbackense.

    I find this comment under #etymology really odd:

    'Named after the iconic Australian movie “Crocodile Dundee” ... The first letter of the name is changed to a “Q” to guarantee the uniqueness of the name and avoid potential homonyms.'

    doi.org/10.3897/jhr.64.25453

    How likely was a Crocodiledundee #homonym?

    #entomology #taxonomy

  43. In 2018, Fernandez-Triana et al. described various #wasps in the family #Braconidae, including a genus #Qrocodiledundee and the species Qrocodiledundee outbackense.

    I find this comment under #etymology really odd:

    'Named after the iconic Australian movie “Crocodile Dundee” ... The first letter of the name is changed to a “Q” to guarantee the uniqueness of the name and avoid potential homonyms.'

    doi.org/10.3897/jhr.64.25453

    How likely was a Crocodiledundee #homonym?

    #entomology #taxonomy

  44. In 2018, Fernandez-Triana et al. described various #wasps in the family #Braconidae, including a genus #Qrocodiledundee and the species Qrocodiledundee outbackense.

    I find this comment under #etymology really odd:

    'Named after the iconic Australian movie “Crocodile Dundee” ... The first letter of the name is changed to a “Q” to guarantee the uniqueness of the name and avoid potential homonyms.'

    doi.org/10.3897/jhr.64.25453

    How likely was a Crocodiledundee #homonym?

    #entomology #taxonomy

  45. In 2018, Fernandez-Triana et al. described various #wasps in the family #Braconidae, including a genus #Qrocodiledundee and the species Qrocodiledundee outbackense.

    I find this comment under #etymology really odd:

    'Named after the iconic Australian movie “Crocodile Dundee” ... The first letter of the name is changed to a “Q” to guarantee the uniqueness of the name and avoid potential homonyms.'

    doi.org/10.3897/jhr.64.25453

    How likely was a Crocodiledundee #homonym?

    #entomology #taxonomy

  46. I really will have to write that article on Ugandan #memies.. (mimicry complexes)

    To right, #Acaenitinae. To left, #Braconidae. No relation to each other (last common ancestor in dinosaur times).

  47. A braconid Wasp (f. Braconidae). There are 17000 species in this family of parasitoid wasps. Never trust anything with an ovipositor!

    #wasps #Braconidae #insects #bugs #entomology #macro #ultramacro #wildlife #nature #canonphotography #luminarneo #centralpark #ramble #nycparks

  48. A braconid Wasp (f. Braconidae). There are 17000 species in this family of parasitoid wasps. Never trust anything with an ovipositor!

    #wasps #Braconidae #insects #bugs #entomology #macro #ultramacro #wildlife #nature #canonphotography #luminarneo #centralpark #ramble #nycparks

  49. A braconid Wasp (f. Braconidae). There are 17000 species in this family of parasitoid wasps. Never trust anything with an ovipositor!

    #wasps #Braconidae #insects #bugs #entomology #macro #ultramacro #wildlife #nature #canonphotography #luminarneo #centralpark #ramble #nycparks

  50. A braconid Wasp (f. Braconidae). There are 17000 species in this family of parasitoid wasps. Never trust anything with an ovipositor!

    #wasps #Braconidae #insects #bugs #entomology #macro #ultramacro #wildlife #nature #canonphotography #luminarneo #centralpark #ramble #nycparks