#braconidae — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #braconidae, aggregated by home.social.
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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:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/353566360
#Nature #Photography #Diachasmimorpha #Opiinae #Braconidae #Hymenoptera #SriLanka #Parasitoid #Insects #InsectInteraction
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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:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/353566360
#Nature #Photography #Diachasmimorpha #Opiinae #Braconidae #Hymenoptera #SriLanka #Parasitoid #Insects #InsectInteraction
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/14744462 -
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
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/14744462 -
A colorful braconid wasp rests on a tree trunk. Victoria, Australia. #wasps #braconidae #insects
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A colorful braconid wasp rests on a tree trunk. Victoria, Australia. #wasps #braconidae #insects
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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Cette petite guêpe transforme des coccinelles en zombies-gardes-du-corps pour protéger son cocon !
https://www.myrmecofourmis.fr/La-guepe-parasite-qui-transforme-les-coccinelles-en-gardes-du-corps#science #cafedessciences #biologie #nature #coccinelles #insectes #entomologie #Braconidae
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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.'
https://doi.org/10.3897/jhr.64.25453
How likely was a Crocodiledundee #homonym?
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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.'
https://doi.org/10.3897/jhr.64.25453
How likely was a Crocodiledundee #homonym?
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a story, taken over the span of a few weeks
#DailySpiderPic #spiders #insects #Araneae #Theridiidae #Hymenoptera #Braconidae? #parasitism #parasites
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a story, taken over the span of a few weeks
#DailySpiderPic #spiders #insects #Araneae #Theridiidae #Hymenoptera #Braconidae? #parasitism #parasites
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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
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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
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This tiny wasp has been languishing in my iNaturalist account for years so I'm posting here in case anyone can help (cc @bugid). Wing venation sure looks like Chelonus kellieae (Cheloninae, Braconidae). There were thousands at the site, a lawn, flying just above the blades and rarely landing. Zolfo Springs, FL. #wasp #iNaturalist #Braconidae #Hymenoptera #insect #entomology #nature
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This tiny wasp has been languishing in my iNaturalist account for years so I'm posting here in case anyone can help (cc @bugid). Wing venation sure looks like Chelonus kellieae (Cheloninae, Braconidae). There were thousands at the site, a lawn, flying just above the blades and rarely landing. Zolfo Springs, FL. #wasp #iNaturalist #Braconidae #Hymenoptera #insect #entomology #nature
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/87584122 -
Four #wasps from the #Malaise trap (Canberra, ACT) in the week of 19-26 August 2022.
No close identifications yet, but these are 1) #Braconidae, 2) #Chalcididae: #Haltichellinae, 3) #Ichneumonidae: #Phygadeuontinae (should get that one to genus soon, but species likely to be unnamed), and 4) #Chalcidoidea.
All on #iNaturalist if anyone wants to progress their identification:
Images all taken using a @leicamicrosystems #microscope
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Four #wasps from the #Malaise trap (Canberra, ACT) in the week of 19-26 August 2022.
No close identifications yet, but these are 1) #Braconidae, 2) #Chalcididae: #Haltichellinae, 3) #Ichneumonidae: #Phygadeuontinae (should get that one to genus soon, but species likely to be unnamed), and 4) #Chalcidoidea.
All on #iNaturalist if anyone wants to progress their identification:
Images all taken using a @leicamicrosystems #microscope