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  1. 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.

    inaturalist.org/observations/3

    #iNaturalist #Hymenoptera #nativebees #entomology

  2. 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.

    inaturalist.org/observations/3

    #iNaturalist #Hymenoptera #nativebees #entomology

  3. 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.

    inaturalist.org/observations/3

    #iNaturalist #Hymenoptera #nativebees #entomology

  4. 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.

    inaturalist.org/observations/3

    #iNaturalist #Hymenoptera #nativebees #entomology

  5. 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.

    inaturalist.org/observations/3

    #iNaturalist #Hymenoptera #nativebees #entomology

  6. Just now at a community garden I saw a yellowjacket (_Vespula maculifrons_) cutting a piece of squash flower like a leaf-cutter bee!!! What??

    #bugstodon #insects #wasps #Hymenoptera #Apocrita #Aculeata #Vespidae #Vespinae

  7. Just now at a community garden I saw a yellowjacket (_Vespula maculifrons_) cutting a piece of squash flower like a leaf-cutter bee!!! What??

    #bugstodon #insects #wasps #Hymenoptera #Apocrita #Aculeata #Vespidae #Vespinae

  8. Just now at a community garden I saw a yellowjacket (_Vespula maculifrons_) cutting a piece of squash flower like a leaf-cutter bee!!! What??

    #bugstodon #insects #wasps #Hymenoptera #Apocrita #Aculeata #Vespidae #Vespinae

  9. Just now at a community garden I saw a yellowjacket (_Vespula maculifrons_) cutting a piece of squash flower like a leaf-cutter bee!!! What??

    #bugstodon #insects #wasps #Hymenoptera #Apocrita #Aculeata #Vespidae #Vespinae

  10. So I think these are eggs of the oak lace bug (Corythucha arcuata) but an expert says they are Eulophus cocoons. Anyone able to weigh in? #hemiptera #hymenoptera #insects #wasps #truebugs #oaks #quercus #inaturalist #eulophus inaturalist.org/observations/3

  11. So I think these are eggs of the oak lace bug (Corythucha arcuata) but an expert says they are Eulophus cocoons. Anyone able to weigh in? #hemiptera #hymenoptera #insects #wasps #truebugs #oaks #quercus #inaturalist #eulophus inaturalist.org/observations/3

  12. So I think these are eggs of the oak lace bug (Corythucha arcuata) but an expert says they are Eulophus cocoons. Anyone able to weigh in? #hemiptera #hymenoptera #insects #wasps #truebugs #oaks #quercus #inaturalist #eulophus inaturalist.org/observations/3

  13. So I think these are eggs of the oak lace bug (Corythucha arcuata) but an expert says they are Eulophus cocoons. Anyone able to weigh in? #hemiptera #hymenoptera #insects #wasps #truebugs #oaks #quercus #inaturalist #eulophus inaturalist.org/observations/3

  14. @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:

    inaturalist.org/observations/3

    #iNaturalist #Hymenoptera #wasplove #wasps #entomology

  15. @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:

    inaturalist.org/observations/3

    #iNaturalist #Hymenoptera #wasplove #wasps #entomology

  16. @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:

    inaturalist.org/observations/3

    #iNaturalist #Hymenoptera #wasplove #wasps #entomology

  17. @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:

    inaturalist.org/observations/3

    #iNaturalist #Hymenoptera #wasplove #wasps #entomology

  18. @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:

    inaturalist.org/observations/3

    #iNaturalist #Hymenoptera #wasplove #wasps #entomology

  19. Small (~1.25mm) wasp that I've been finding in large numbers on yarrow growing in my yard. I'll probably never be sure, but my guess is that it's Aprostocetus anodaphus (Eulophidae), an endoparasite of Ozirhincus millefolii (Cecidomyiidae), which I've found on the same inflorescences in equally large numbers. As far as I know it has never been reported in North America. Please go out and check for them if you have yarrow and a macro lens. #wasps #hymenoptera #yarrow #achillea #flies #parasite #nature #insects #macrophotography

  20. Small (~1.25mm) wasp that I've been finding in large numbers on yarrow growing in my yard. I'll probably never be sure, but my guess is that it's Aprostocetus anodaphus (Eulophidae), an endoparasite of Ozirhincus millefolii (Cecidomyiidae), which I've found on the same inflorescences in equally large numbers. As far as I know it has never been reported in North America. Please go out and check for them if you have yarrow and a macro lens. #wasps #hymenoptera #yarrow #achillea #flies #parasite #nature #insects #macrophotography

  21. Small (~1.25mm) wasp that I've been finding in large numbers on yarrow growing in my yard. I'll probably never be sure, but my guess is that it's Aprostocetus anodaphus (Eulophidae), an endoparasite of Ozirhincus millefolii (Cecidomyiidae), which I've found on the same inflorescences in equally large numbers. As far as I know it has never been reported in North America. Please go out and check for them if you have yarrow and a macro lens. #wasps #hymenoptera #yarrow #achillea #flies #parasite #nature #insects #macrophotography

  22. Small (~1.25mm) wasp that I've been finding in large numbers on yarrow growing in my yard. I'll probably never be sure, but my guess is that it's Aprostocetus anodaphus (Eulophidae), an endoparasite of Ozirhincus millefolii (Cecidomyiidae), which I've found on the same inflorescences in equally large numbers. As far as I know it has never been reported in North America. Please go out and check for them if you have yarrow and a macro lens. #wasps #hymenoptera #yarrow #achillea #flies #parasite #nature #insects #macrophotography

  23. 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

  24. 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

  25. 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

  26. 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

  27. `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. ` dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.127

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

  28. `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. ` dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.127

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

  29. `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. ` dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.127

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

  30. `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. ` dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.127

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

  31. `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. ` dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.127

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

  32. 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: flipping.rocks/@ater/116940807)

    #bugstodon #insects #bees #SolitaryBees #BeeButts #Hymenoptera #Anthophila #Megachilidae

  33. 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: flipping.rocks/@ater/116940807)

    #bugstodon #insects #bees #SolitaryBees #BeeButts #Hymenoptera #Anthophila #Megachilidae

  34. 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: flipping.rocks/@ater/116940807)

    #bugstodon #insects #bees #SolitaryBees #BeeButts #Hymenoptera #Anthophila #Megachilidae

  35. 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: flipping.rocks/@ater/116940807)

    #bugstodon #insects #bees #SolitaryBees #BeeButts #Hymenoptera #Anthophila #Megachilidae

  36. 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

  37. 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

  38. 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

  39. 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

  40. 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

  41. 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.

    #bugstodon #insects #ants #Hymenoptera #Formicidae

  42. 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.

    #bugstodon #insects #ants #Hymenoptera #Formicidae

  43. 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.

    #bugstodon #insects #ants #Hymenoptera #Formicidae

  44. 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.

    #bugstodon #insects #ants #Hymenoptera #Formicidae