#hymenoptera — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #hymenoptera, aggregated by home.social.
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Macro pics coming soon. I love tiny wasps. #wasps #eulophidae #hymenoptera
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In case anyone needs to know, if you jostle an inflorescence of yarrow over a piece of white paper, very small (1 mm) wasps fall out. Most tend to hop around instead of flying away. Extremely hard to photograph, disappearing and reappearing like miniature Nightcrawlers from the X-Men universe. Am going to chill some plants to slow them down, so stay tuned if you're interested. You're interested, right?? #wasps #yarrow #achillea #insects #hymenoptera
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`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
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`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
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In my opinion the best bee butts belong to wool carder bees (_Anthidium_). They are just so round and cute and completely unmistakable.
Like other bees in the megachilid family, they collect pollen under their abdomens, not on their legs. They also scrape fuzz off the leaves of plants like lamb's ear (_Stachys byzantina_) for their nests, hence the name. They seem to like plants in the mint family in general.
(Inspired by @ater just posting about Megachilidae: https://flipping.rocks/@ater/116940807355074189)
#bugstodon #insects #bees #SolitaryBees #BeeButts #Hymenoptera #Anthophila #Megachilidae
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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
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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
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At Spadina Quay yesterday, it was moving day for this colony of ants (_Crematogaster_?). Workers were carrying pupae up the wooden railroad-tie pillar. There were many alate pupae which were so large they required a whole team to move! Still, they were making steady progress. Various predators, like sphecid wasps and zebra jumping spiders, looked on with interest.
The waterfront was full of people, many soccer fans, tourists, or just regular people, out enjoying the summer weather, oblivious to the incredible activity happening just steps away.
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So I don't think I mentioned this on here, but a couple weeks ago, walking to the grocery store, I was surprised to find a couple of *beautiful* metallic green sweat bees peeking out of burrows in a rather weedy, neglected, half-bare corner of yard, right by the sidewalk. Today I saw them again and was taking pictures when one of the residents was coming home. I was like, "Did you know you have BEES" and pointed them out to her, and she was very excited! She mentioned they make sure to leave leaf litter over the winter for better insect habitat. I went on my way and when I glanced back she was also stooping down to take pictures of them.
#bugstodon #insects #bees #NativeBees #Hymenoptera #Anthophila #Halictidae
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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:
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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:
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Went for a walk at lunchtime & came across an assemblage of different wasps with a complex of burrows in a sandy path. I think the image on the left is a pair of Cerceris digger wasps with prey, about to enter the burrow to the right. The image on the right is a Hedychrum cuckoo wasp, a parasite of digger wasps. Photos not great so will have to return and catch some specimens for closer examination to identify further 🤓
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Went for a walk at lunchtime & came across an assemblage of different wasps with a complex of burrows in a sandy path. I think the image on the left is a pair of Cerceris digger wasps with prey, about to enter the burrow to the right. The image on the right is a Hedychrum cuckoo wasp, a parasite of digger wasps. Photos not great so will have to return and catch some specimens for closer examination to identify further 🤓
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Last fall I stuffed several hundred eastern redbud seeds into pharmaceutical gel caps, then waited for parasitic wasps to emerge so that I could take photographs. #blog #wasps #insects #parasites #nature #redbud #beetles #hymenoptera #macro #macrophotography #entomology https://colinpurrington.com/2026/06/wasps-emerging-from-eastern-redbud-seeds/
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Last night went out for a good bug ramble except I realized I forgot my light, so I went home and made do with my phone flash along the way. (OpenCamera has a torch flash mode where the flash is always on.)
- _Leptinotarsa_ potato beetles mating
- a huge _Clubiona_ leaf-curling sac spider eating a zebra jumping spider (_Salticus scenicus_)
- an ant war (_Tetramorium_?), this was only one of two large patches, with skirmishes up and down the sidewalk
- a *huge* sawfly larva? of some kind#ArthroBeauty #bugstodon #spiders #insects #beetles #ants #sawflies #Araneae #Clubionidae #Salticidae #Coleoptera #Chrysomelidae #Hymenoptera #Formicidae #Symphyta
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#DailySpiderPic: found a couple of _Myrmarachne_ ant-mimic jumping spiders on the garden wall today! With their shape and coloration combined with fast staccato motion, if you're not looking closely it's easy to confuse them with their model, _Camponotus_ carpenter ants (pictured: a worker feeding on a bit of apple I gave them, also today).
#bugstodon #antstodon #arachnids #spiders #JumpingSpiders #insects #ants #mimicry #myrmecomorphy #Araneae #Salticidae #Hymenoptera #Formicidae #ArthroBeauty
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Took a little detour up a residential street on the way to the grocery store today and saw so many different bees!! (Despite the preponderance of traditional neatly manicured Old Italian People lawns.)
Haven't a clue what families/genera most of these are, suggestions welcome!
#bugstodon #insects #bees #NativeBees #SolitaryBees #Hymenoptera #Anthophila #Halictidae #Apidae #Megachilidae
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Forgive the subpar photos but I just saw an ant-mimic jumping spider (_Synageles_) investigating a crevice in a wrought-iron fence post. Antennae twitched within. The hole was already occupied by a carpenter ant (_Camponotus_ cf. _novaeboracensis_?) who did not buy the spider's disguise one bit. The last pic is the Synageles looking at me like "Did you just see that?!" It was too funny.
#DailySpiderPic #bugstodon #spiders #AntMimic #JumpingSpiders #mimicry #myrmecomorphy #ants #Araneae #Salticidae #Hymenoptera #Formicidae
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Look at how much peony juice this little _Prenolepis imparis_ drank!
(I looked closely at the _Camponotus_ who have claimed the peony plant next to this one, but their abdomens don't seem to swell like _Prenolepis_' do. A little too closely, as one worker was so startled she fell off the flower and ran away.)
#bugstodon #insects #ants #Hymenoptera #Formicidae #bloomscrolling #ArthroBeauty
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Look up! It's Monday!
Makes me wonder if it's prey, predators or posture that warrant this eye placement.https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/366225765 (no good id yet)
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The new colony has moved.
They left an egg behind so I decided to give it to my much larger (nearly 5 year old) Camponotus pennsylvanicus colony. I made a paper tool to gently move it. When they noticed the paper they seemed aggressive at first— but, then one ant gently picked up the egg to take it “back” to the nest.
One of this colony is now from a different queen and I will never know, her sisters will never know— even *she* will never know who she is!
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The new colony has moved.
They left an egg behind so I decided to give it to my much larger (nearly 5 year old) Camponotus pennsylvanicus colony. I made a paper tool to gently move it. When they noticed the paper they seemed aggressive at first— but, then one ant gently picked up the egg to take it “back” to the nest.
One of this colony is now from a different queen and I will never know, her sisters will never know— even *she* will never know who she is!
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Mating bumblebees, seen just now in Cambridge, UK. Seems late for the season, wondering if these are new reproductives, in which case they are out rather early.
Bombus terrestris (presumably), garden bumblebee.
http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/369266431#iNaturalist #Hymenoptera #nativebees #bumblebees #entomology
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Mating bumblebees, seen just now in Cambridge, UK. Seems late for the season, wondering if these are new reproductives, in which case they are out rather early.
Bombus terrestris (presumably), garden bumblebee.
http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/369266431#iNaturalist #Hymenoptera #nativebees #bumblebees #entomology
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for @futurebird, some kind of _Camponotus_ alates are out
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Bees can use tools!
"In the latest research, bees were shown to be able to roll a polystyrene ball to a specific location and climb on to it in order to access an artificial flower on a low ceiling. The findings challenge the longstanding assumption that insects operate purely on instinct and mindless trial-and-error learning."
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/04/bees-use-tools-to-solve-problems-study-finds
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Is this a Symmorphus bifasciatus? Seems to be the best match looking at BWARS based on markings and location (South Yorkshire) but I’m not knowledgeable on wasps.
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The #FieldNaturalists Association of #Canberra has uploaded a video to YouTube of my May talk, Exploring Local Biodiversity with a Malaise Trap:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z18kSjIslxE
It includes lots of interesting #insects found in my garden and thoughts on undescribed #biodiversity.
#entomology #Australia #wasps #Hymenoptera #moths #Lepidoptera
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Twin-spotted Rhogogaster (Rhogogaster punctulata)
#Sawfly #Symphyta #Hymenoptera #ArtWithOpenSource #Darktable #CCBYSA #Insect #Insects #Arthropod #Arthropods #Animal #Animals #Wildlife #WildlifePhotography #Nature #NaturePhotography #Photo #Photography
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Cambridge, UK, awash in ant queens since yesterday afternoon. Outstanding weather, sunny, no clouds, high temperatures above 23C. It’s flight day for Lassius alates.
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Nomada flava Panzer, 1798
5 images stack. Quick pre-processing in DarkTable, stacking in Zerene Stacker, basic processing in GIMP, quick sharpening in Microsoft Photos.
Published under #CC0 here https://flic.kr/p/2sdNGx5
#Hymenoptera #Apidae #Nomadinae #Nomada #Pentax #Macro #Bee #Animal #Wildlife #Nature #Mywork #GIMP #DarkTable #ZereneStacker #Stacking #FocusStack #Photography