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#FungiFriday: This carpenter ant (_Camponotus_) nest has a fancy awning.

#bugstodon #insects #ants #fungi #mushtodon #sporespondence #Hymenoptera #Formicidae

#FungiFriday: This carpenter ant (_Camponotus_) nest has a fancy awning.

#bugstodon #insects #ants #fungi #mushtodon #sporespondence #Hymenoptera #Formicidae

#FungiFriday: This carpenter ant (_Camponotus_) nest has a fancy awning.

#bugstodon #insects #ants #fungi #mushtodon #sporespondence #Hymenoptera #Formicidae

#FungiFriday: This carpenter ant (_Camponotus_) nest has a fancy awning.

#bugstodon #insects #ants #fungi #mushtodon #sporespondence #Hymenoptera #Formicidae

London, August 2026. #entomology #bee #Hymenoptera #invertebrates #insect

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London, August 2026. #entomology #bee #Hymenoptera #invertebrates #insect

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London, August 2026. #entomology #bee #Hymenoptera #invertebrates #insect

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London, August 2026. #entomology #bee #Hymenoptera #invertebrates #insect

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:6hzglooptrt5bsqy2oziokoz/post/3muk3zy3zec2b

London, August 2026. #entomology #bee #Hymenoptera #invertebrates #insect

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Impressionist version of a carder bee, Anthidium manicatum, accidentally created by my camera, a fast moving bee, and a foto from too far away, plus my cellphone’s contrast enhancement software. Something about it speaks to me.

http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/395595076

#iNaturalist #Hymenoptera #NativeBees #entomology

A strategy to escape predation of the robber fly kind is to become too big, or too small, like this solitary bee, Nomioides sp. Seen here foraging on fennel flowers, which are tiny. The bee is not larger than about 3 mm.

http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/393593706

#iNaturalist #Hymenoptera #nativebees #entomology

@b_age

Here is its cousin, Halictus sexcinctus, seen this morning foraging on mint flowers.

http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/392341385

#iNaturalist #Hymenoptera #NativeBees #entomology

@markmccaughrean

... which I saw while chasing a velvet ant male around a fig tree bark, as it was walking slowly.

The velvet ant, a male, is perhaps Ronisia brutia, but I am not sure:

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/392180533

#iNaturalist #Hymenoptera #wasplove #wasps #entomology

Found my favorite bee, the tiny and aptly named Nomioides minutissimus. Here foraging on mint flowers.

http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/391115601

#iNaturalist #Hymenoptera #NativeBees #entomology #Croatia

How to handle yellowjacket nests in garden beds https://www.allforgardening.com/1922178/how-to-handle-yellowjacket-nests-in-garden-beds/ #agricultural #AnimalBehaviour #AnimalProduct #AnimalProtection #apocrita #BeeColony #BeeHouse #beekeeping #bees #black #breeding #BreedingGround #BreedingSeason #Builds #BunchOf #caring #Colony #Cultivate #Cultivation #cutout #deserted #ecofriendly #EnvironmentProtection #exemptable #ExteriorView #garden #gardening #group #Hobby #honeycomb #hymenoptera #Many #ManyAnimals #nest #NestBuilding #NestingAid #NestingSite

`A new species, Chlorocytus papahemii sp. nov. (Pteromalidae), a hyperparasitoid of E. curculionum, is described from China. Illustrations and a detailed morphological description of the new species, as well as a redescription of the types of related Chlorocytus species, are provided. ` http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1279.188643

#hymenoptera #wasp #insecta #arthropoda #arthropod #invertebrate #zoology #science #biology #taxonomy #phylogeny

Could anyone help me identify this wasp please?! We’re in the French Alps at a lake at about 1100m (near Bourg-d’Oisans). About 20–30 mm long, with a very elongated thorax, thread-like waist, smoky wings, mostly black body with narrow yellow bands, and strongly hooked antennae (all individuals appeared to have them). They were remarkably agile, running over wet lakeside rocks. About 5 of them engaging in searching/foraging behaviour.
#Entomology
#Hymenoptera
#Wasps
#Insects
#IDRequest

@joncounts

What a photo. And love it when animals incidentally carry uniquely identifying markers, like this masked bee dragging about a dead ant, mandibles clamping its leg:

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/30098847

#iNaturalist #Hymenoptera #nativebees #entomology #insects

Fliegende Bienen
Flying Bees
https://societas.online/posts/93e61a0027ed013f6d097a163e978608

#Bienen #tiere #insekten #photography #slowmotion #video #animals #protostome #arthropod #insects #pterygota #neoptera #hymenoptera #bees #foto #fotografie #photo

Slides from my talk last night to the Field #Naturalists Association of #Canberra:

"Lessons from #Malaise trapping in Aranda"

https://codeberg.org/dhobern/presentation/src/branch/main/Lessons_from_Malaise_trapping_in_Aranda.pdf

As with most of my talks, there are few notes, but the gallery of amazing #insects may mean something to some of you.

#entomology #taxonomy #DNAbarcoding #biodiversity #OnceAndFutureKing #Hymenoptera #Lepidoptera #Strepsiptera #Hemiptera #Collembola #Araneae #wasps #moths #springtails #spiders

Four (parasitic) #wasps (#Hymenoptera) from a SLAM #Malaise sample in #Canberra #Australia over the last three weeks. Natural areas everywhere are (or should be) full of beautiful #insects like these, all just going about their business.

A #FairyWasp in the genus #Mymar - the first I have seen here in the nominate genus - see how tiny this #insect is.

An #ichneumon wasp (#Ichneumonidae) in the subfamily #Campopleginae - probably possible to get this one to genus, but most Australian species are unnamed.

#Vosleria australia (or at least that's the only named Australian species in the genus) - family #Encyrtidae

#Anastatus, unknown species - family #Eupelmidae

#biodiversity #entomology

Uma vespinha simpática fotografada aqui em casa (Bragança Paulista-SP)

Canon EOS 5D2 + MP-E 65mm + MT-24EX + difusor artesanal

#macrofotografia #macrophotography #fotografiamacro #insetosdobrasil #naturezabr #biodiversidade #nature #wildlife #closeup #macrobrasil #vespas #hymenoptera #wasp #wasps #macrocreatures #detalhesdanatureza #macro #fotografiabr #macroemcasa #TEA #fotografoautista #bragancapaulista #bragançapaulista

Aquest matí he anat a fer fotografies de bestioletes vora la mar, amb la idea de trobar la meva abella solitària preferida: Nomioides minutissimus. I l'he trobada! Primer en un romaní en flor, però les fotos no foren gaire bones. Després en uns matolls de limòniums, tots en flor, preciosos. Heus aquí una entrada a l'#iNaturalist d'aquesta abella tan remenuda, potser d'uns 3 mil·límetres:

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/303420300

#Hymenoptera #nativebees #entomologia

Ein neuer Duft für die #Bienenkönigin.
“Unsere Studie stellt diese Annahme in Frage und zeigt ein viel komplexeres Bild der #Evolution.”

Bei #Honigbienen sorgt die Königin durch einen speziellen Duftstoff dafür, dass ihre #Arbeiterinnen unfruchtbar bleiben und ihr dienen. Ein solches Königinnenpheromon haben Forscher nun erstmals auch bei einer #Bienenart mit weit einfacherem Staat nachgewiesen – der #Furchenbiene. Das Überraschende jedoch: Der Duftstoff der Königin besteht bei dieser #Bienenart aus einer chemisch völlig anderen Substanz als bei den #Honigbienen
(Pheromon (E)-9-Oxodec-2-ensäure („Königinnensubstanz“)) . Das deutet darauf hin, dass die #Evolution dieser Pheromone komplexer ablief als bisher gedacht.

https://www.wissenschaft.de/erde-umwelt/ein-neuer-duft-fuer-die-bienenkoenigin/

Macrocyclic Lactones Act as a Queen #Pheromone in a Primitively Eusocial Sweat #Bee https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(20)30026-9
#Bienen #hymenoptera #Wildbienen #Insekten #Natur #biodiversität #artenschutz #Artenvielfalt #Biene #Bienenliebe

Emotionen werden bei #Menschen und anderen #Wirbeltieren als vielschichtige Gehirnzustände verstanden, die #dissoziierbare #subjektive, #kognitive, #verhaltensbezogene und #physiologische Komponenten umfassen. Darüber hinaus liefert die wachsende Literatur Belege für die beeindruckenden #kognitiven #Fähigkeiten und die #Verhaltensflexibilität von Wirbellosen. Darüber hinaus wurden in den letzten Jahren in zahlreichen Studien Methoden zur Erfassung von Emotionen bei Menschen und anderen Tieren auf Wirbellose übertragen – mit faszinierenden Ergebnissen. #Meeresschnecken, #Bienen, #Krebse, #Schnecken, #Krabben, #Fliegen und #Ameisen zeigen nachweislich verschiedene kognitive, verhaltensbezogene und/oder physiologische Phänomene, die auf innere Zustände hinweisen, die an das erinnern, was wir als #Emotionen betrachten.
(Bringen es immer noch nicht fertig, es als Emotionen zu bezeichnen 🤓)
https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/220/21/3856/33729/Studying-emotion-in-invertebrates-what-has-been
#Bienenliebe #Tierschutz #Ethik #Verantwortung #Hummel #hymenoptera #Bien #Biene #Honigbiene #govegan

Hummel / Bumblebee / Bombus
April 2018
https://archive.org/details/68718
#Hummeln -> https://www.goehde.com/fotos/index.php?/category/45285

#tiere #niederrhein #insekten #bombus #animals #protostome #arthropod #insects #bees #bumblebees #pterygota #neoptera #hymenoptera #LowerRhineRegion #video #foto #fotografie #photo #photography #slide #slideshow

The Tick Trek
Mai 2018
https://archive.org/details/69575
#Ameisen -> https://www.goehde.com/fotos/index.php?/category/45129

#zecken #tiere #animals #protostome #arthropod #insects #pterygota #neoptera #hymenoptera #ants #ticks #video #foto #fotografie #photo #photography #video

Schlupfwespe bei der Eiablage
Ichneumonidae at Oviposition
Juni 2018

https://archive.org/details/70293
#Schlupfwespen -> https://www.goehde.com/fotos/index.php?/category/47055

#ichneumonidae #tiere #animals #protostome #arthropod #insects #pterygota #neoptera #hymenoptera #video #foto #fotografie #photo #photography #slide #slideshow

I've processed another week of #Malaise sample images from last year (2023-02-24 to 2023-03-03).

Small #wasp: #Megaspilidae sp.

Dusty-winged #lacewing: #Coniopterygidae sp.

Elephant #weevil: Orthorhinus cylindrirostris

#Ichneumon wasp: Diaparsis sp.

#entomology #Coleoptera #Hymenoptera #Neuroptera

https://stangeia.hobern.net/araba-bioscan-slam-24-february-to-3-march-2023/

I ran a #Malaise trap for a couple of years in my front garden in #Aranda, ACT and am finally processing the last couple of months of samples. Here are some insects from 17-24 Feb 2023.

Tiny #ant: I think, Crematogaster sp.

Megastigmid #wasp: Bootanomyia sp.

Reddish #longhorn #beetle: Epithora dorsalis

Dark brown longhorn beetle: Phoracantha punctata

https://stangeia.hobern.net/araba-bioscan-slam-17-24-february-2023/

#entomology #insects #Coleoptera #Cerambycidae #Hymenoptera #australia #canberra