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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

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

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

I'm speaking today at the Field #Naturalists Association of #Canberra meeting (held in the Slatyer Seminar Room at #ANU at 19:30). Visitors are welcome.

I'll give an overview of some of the interesting insects collected in a #MalaiseTrap over a year in a Canberra suburb, including some of the things we can learn from the resulting specimens and #DNA. Many of the specimens were sequenced as part of the International Barcode of Life project (#IBOL). There will be plenty of photos of insects and other invertebrates.

The FNAC meeting each month starts an hour and a half after the monthly meeting of the Canberra #Python Users Group, also on the #ANU campus, so it's quite possible to attend both. The topic this month is a "Talk Writing Workshop".

https://fieldnatsact.com/event/march-monthly-meeting-speaker-donald-hobern-exploring-local-biodiversity-with-a-malaise-trap/

https://www.meetup.com/canberra-python-meetup-group/events/313087616/

#entomology #taxonomy #Australia #Hymenoptera #Lepidoptera #insects

Saw this extremely convincing wasp-mimicking hoverfly, _Spilomyia_ (https://bugguide.net/node/view/3288), on the goldenrod in the garden today! Then on the way to the store saw plenty of the "model", _Ancistrocerus_ wasps (https://bugguide.net/node/view/6812), also on goldenrod.

#bugstodon #insects #wasps #flies #mimicry #Hymenoptera #Vespidae #Eumeninae #Diptera #Syrphidae #Eristalinae

Nicht nur #Bienen: Was #Mücken, #Fliegen und #Wespen für uns tun –

Eine Meta-Studie, in der 39 internationale Studien zusammengefasst wurden, fand noch mehr heraus: Zwischen 25 und 50 Prozent aller #Blütenbesuche werden nicht von Bienen erbracht, sondern von anderen #Insekten: #Fliegen, #Käfern, #Ameisen, #Motten und #Schmetterlingen. Eine weitere Studie der TU München bestätigt die Wichtigkeit dieser "Nicht-#Bienen"-Bestäuber.
https://www.dw.com/de/nicht-nur-bienen-was-m%C3%BCcken-fliegen-und-wespen-f%C3%BCr-uns-tun/a-69438535
#Wildbienen #Honigbienen #Bienen #Hummel #hymenoptera #biodiversität #artenschutz #Artenvielfalt #landwirtschaft

Nicht nur #Bienen: Was #Mücken, #Fliegen und #Wespen für uns tun –

Eine Meta-Studie, in der 39 internationale Studien zusammengefasst wurden, fand noch mehr heraus: Zwischen 25 und 50 Prozent aller #Blütenbesuche werden nicht von Bienen erbracht, sondern von anderen #Insekten: #Fliegen, #Käfern, #Ameisen, #Motten und #Schmetterlingen. Eine weitere Studie der TU München bestätigt die Wichtigkeit dieser "Nicht-#Bienen"-Bestäuber.
https://www.dw.com/de/nicht-nur-bienen-was-m%C3%BCcken-fliegen-und-wespen-f%C3%BCr-uns-tun/a-69438535
#Wildbienen #Honigbienen #Bienen #Hummel #hymenoptera #biodiversität #artenschutz #Artenvielfalt #landwirtschaft

Nicht nur #Bienen: Was #Mücken, #Fliegen und #Wespen für uns tun –

Eine Meta-Studie, in der 39 internationale Studien zusammengefasst wurden, fand noch mehr heraus: Zwischen 25 und 50 Prozent aller #Blütenbesuche werden nicht von Bienen erbracht, sondern von anderen #Insekten: #Fliegen, #Käfern, #Ameisen, #Motten und #Schmetterlingen. Eine weitere Studie der TU München bestätigt die Wichtigkeit dieser "Nicht-#Bienen"-Bestäuber.
https://www.dw.com/de/nicht-nur-bienen-was-m%C3%BCcken-fliegen-und-wespen-f%C3%BCr-uns-tun/a-69438535
#Wildbienen #Honigbienen #Bienen #Hummel #hymenoptera #biodiversität #artenschutz #Artenvielfalt #landwirtschaft

Nicht nur #Bienen: Was #Mücken, #Fliegen und #Wespen für uns tun –

Eine Meta-Studie, in der 39 internationale Studien zusammengefasst wurden, fand noch mehr heraus: Zwischen 25 und 50 Prozent aller #Blütenbesuche werden nicht von Bienen erbracht, sondern von anderen #Insekten: #Fliegen, #Käfern, #Ameisen, #Motten und #Schmetterlingen. Eine weitere Studie der TU München bestätigt die Wichtigkeit dieser "Nicht-#Bienen"-Bestäuber.
https://www.dw.com/de/nicht-nur-bienen-was-m%C3%BCcken-fliegen-und-wespen-f%C3%BCr-uns-tun/a-69438535
#Wildbienen #Honigbienen #Bienen #Hummel #hymenoptera #biodiversität #artenschutz #Artenvielfalt #landwirtschaft

Nicht nur #Bienen: Was #Mücken, #Fliegen und #Wespen für uns tun –

Eine Meta-Studie, in der 39 internationale Studien zusammengefasst wurden, fand noch mehr heraus: Zwischen 25 und 50 Prozent aller #Blütenbesuche werden nicht von Bienen erbracht, sondern von anderen #Insekten: #Fliegen, #Käfern, #Ameisen, #Motten und #Schmetterlingen. Eine weitere Studie der TU München bestätigt die Wichtigkeit dieser "Nicht-#Bienen"-Bestäuber.
https://www.dw.com/de/nicht-nur-bienen-was-m%C3%BCcken-fliegen-und-wespen-f%C3%BCr-uns-tun/a-69438535
#Wildbienen #Honigbienen #Bienen #Hummel #hymenoptera #biodiversität #artenschutz #Artenvielfalt #landwirtschaft

Last night instead of doing laundry I went for a walk by the lake and found some marvellous creatures.

1. Grass spider (_Agelenopsis_)
2. Huge carpenter ant (_Camponotus_) alate
3. _Porcellio_ isopod, half-molted
4. Ridiculous weevil (Cryptorhynchinae)?

#DailySpiderPic #SpidersOfMastodon #spiders #bugstodon #insects #ants #beetles #weevils #crustaceans #isopods

#Araneae #Agelenidae #Hymenoptera #Formicidae #Crustacea #Isopoda #Porcellionidae #Coleoptera #Curculionidae

bugs of Scarborough Civic Centre!!

1. tiny fierce crab spider in aster
2. worst bumblebee pic
3. the sedums were full of whirligig mites
4. aphids on those tall plants that look kind of like dandelions but, unlike dandelions, are always covered in aphids

#ArthroBeauty #DailySpiderPic #DailyMitePic #bugstodon #arachnids #spiders #mites #insects #bees #aphids #Araneae #Thomisidae #Acari #Anystidae #Hymenoptera #Apidae #Hemiptera #Aphididae #macro

One of our most attractive local potter wasps, the Toltec Potter Wasp, Parazumia tolteca. New photograph from this weekend.

#Wasps #Eumeninae #Hymenoptera #Insects