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  1. Parasitoid (Parasitology 🧬)

    A parasitoid is an organism that lives in close association with its host at the host's expense, eventually resulting in the death of the host. Parasitoidism is one of six major evolutionary strategies within parasitism, distinguished by the fatal prognosis for the host, which makes the strategy close to predation. Among parasitoids, strategies range from living...

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasito

    #Parasitoid #Parasitism #Parasitology #BiologicalPestControl

  2. Parasitoid (Parasitology 🧬)

    A parasitoid is an organism that lives in close association with its host at the host's expense, eventually resulting in the death of the host. Parasitoidism is one of six major evolutionary strategies within parasitism, distinguished by the fatal prognosis for the host, which makes the strategy close to predation. Among parasitoids, strategies range from living...

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasito

    #Parasitoid #Parasitism #Parasitology #BiologicalPestControl

  3. was für ein beeindruckendes und elegantes tier 😍

    eine schlupfwespe der
    Gattung Dusona
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dusona
    das ist eine gattung mit 442 arten! dem entsprechend ist es schwer zu sagen um welche art genau es sich handelt, möglicherweise D. falcator, unsere freundin hier hatte nämlich eine beachtliche größe, dürften schon ~20mm gewesen sein

    #insekten #insects #parasitoid #wasp #krabbeltierchen #BugOfTheDay #AuwaldRunde #nature #biodiversity #entomology

  4. was für ein beeindruckendes und elegantes tier 😍

    eine schlupfwespe der
    Gattung Dusona
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dusona
    das ist eine gattung mit 442 arten! dem entsprechend ist es schwer zu sagen um welche art genau es sich handelt, möglicherweise D. falcator, unsere freundin hier hatte nämlich eine beachtliche größe, dürften schon ~20mm gewesen sein

    #insekten #insects #parasitoid #wasp #krabbeltierchen #BugOfTheDay #AuwaldRunde #nature #biodiversity #entomology

  5. FINALLY, something new has popped out of the eastern redbud seeds that I've been monitoring for months. It's metallic green and small enough to be a hyperparasitoid, I think. Will share better pic after I can get some sort of rough ID from BugGuide. #wasps #hymenoptera #parasitoid #redbud #entomology #nature #insects

  6. 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:

    inaturalist.org/observations/3

    #Nature #Photography #Diachasmimorpha #Opiinae #Braconidae #Hymenoptera #SriLanka #Parasitoid #Insects #InsectInteraction

  7. 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:

    inaturalist.org/observations/3

    #Nature #Photography #Diachasmimorpha #Opiinae #Braconidae #Hymenoptera #SriLanka #Parasitoid #Insects #InsectInteraction

  8. My newest #Prelights article highlights a #preprint by B. R. Baisla et al. (2025) and their search for morphological #prezygotic #barriers to reduce #hybridization among the species complex of #Nasonia, #parasitoid wasps. Male genital morphology apparently does not prevent hybridization, pre-mating #barriers are still unknown.
    ©#StefanFWirth 2026

    Reference

    Prelights article by Stefan F. Wirth:
    prelights.biologists.com/highl

    Pics
    1) public domain, M.E.Clark, 2006,
    2) ©S.F.Wirth, AI illustration

  9. My newest #Prelights article highlights a #preprint by B. R. Baisla et al. (2025) and their search for morphological #prezygotic #barriers to reduce #hybridization among the species complex of #Nasonia, #parasitoid wasps. Male genital morphology apparently does not prevent hybridization, pre-mating #barriers are still unknown.
    ©#StefanFWirth 2026

    Reference

    Prelights article by Stefan F. Wirth:
    prelights.biologists.com/highl

    Pics
    1) public domain, M.E.Clark, 2006,
    2) ©S.F.Wirth, AI illustration

  10. Parasitoid (Parasitology 🧬)

    In evolutionary ecology, a parasitoid is an organism that lives in close association with its host at the host's expense, eventually resulting in the death of the host. Parasitoidism is one of six major evolutionary strategies within parasitism, distinguished by the fatal prognosis for the host, which makes the strategy close to predation. Among parasitoids, str...

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasito

    #Parasitoid #Parasitism #Parasitology #BiologicalPestControl

  11. Shown is a #fly of the #genus #Sarcophaga, not being determined on a #specieslevel. It belongs to the #cryptic S. carnaria-#speciesgroup S. #carnaria itself is distributed throughout the #Palearctic region and is a #parasitoid of earthworms. H. E. Moore et al. (2021) used #cuticularhydrocarbon (CHC) profiles to differentiate 11 Sarcophaga species (including S. carnaria) from each other
    © #StefanFWirth #Berlin 2025

    Ref
    doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-872

    #Photos
    © S. F. Wirth

  12. Shown is a #fly of the #genus #Sarcophaga, not being determined on a #specieslevel. It belongs to the #cryptic S. carnaria-#speciesgroup S. #carnaria itself is distributed throughout the #Palearctic region and is a #parasitoid of earthworms. H. E. Moore et al. (2021) used #cuticularhydrocarbon (CHC) profiles to differentiate 11 Sarcophaga species (including S. carnaria) from each other
    © #StefanFWirth #Berlin 2025

    Ref
    doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-872

    #Photos
    © S. F. Wirth

  13. eine Riesen-Blutbiene Sphecodes albilabris auf einer Wiesen-Witwenblume.
    woher das 'riesen-' kommt ist mir nicht klar, die war kleiner als eine honigbiene. es gibt wohl noch kleinere blutbienen.

    #insekten #insects #bees #wildbienen #parasitoid #krabbeltierchen #AuwaldRunde #nature #biodiversity

  14. eine Riesen-Blutbiene Sphecodes albilabris auf einer Wiesen-Witwenblume.
    woher das 'riesen-' kommt ist mir nicht klar, die war kleiner als eine honigbiene. es gibt wohl noch kleinere blutbienen.

    #insekten #insects #bees #wildbienen #parasitoid #krabbeltierchen #AuwaldRunde #nature #biodiversity

  15. Seems I accidentally took a photograph of a tiny #parasitoid wasp right while it's injecting eggs into a Membracidae (treehopper) egg case :D #iNaturalist www.inaturalist.org/observations...

  16. After a bit of canvassing, apparently this is a two-spotted blue hairy flower #wasp (#Laeviscolia frontalis)

    A #parasitoid with #pollination inclination

    Seen on Flinders Uni Bedford Park campus yesterday

  17. After a bit of canvassing, apparently this is a two-spotted blue hairy flower #wasp (#Laeviscolia frontalis)

    A #parasitoid with #pollination inclination

    Seen on Flinders Uni Bedford Park campus yesterday

  18. Hairy Scolid Wasp, Scolia hirta Canon 5D3 Sigma 105 2.8 f/5 1/320 iso: 125 Celakovice-Jirina, Czech Republic 7/19/2024 #Scoliidae #Wasps #parasitoid #SolitaryWasps #Hymenoptera #insects #invertebrates #Macro #grasslands

  19. This is a male Pelecinid which for some reason are almost never seen in the nearctic region but are common found in tropic regions. This is only the second male I've seen. I'm fairly certain this is the American Pelecinid (P. polyturator). There are only two other species that are both tropical but usually they have a red or brown coloration. Their common host is june beetle larvae.

    #Wasp #Insects #Arthropods #Proctotrupomorph #Colombia #Parasitoid

  20. This is a male Pelecinid which for some reason are almost never seen in the nearctic region but are common found in tropic regions. This is only the second male I've seen. I'm fairly certain this is the American Pelecinid (P. polyturator). There are only two other species that are both tropical but usually they have a red or brown coloration. Their common host is june beetle larvae.

    #Wasp #Insects #Arthropods #Proctotrupomorph #Colombia #Parasitoid

  21. Hairy Scolid Wasp, Scolia hirta Canon 400D Ef 100 2.8 f/10 1/320 iso:80 Milovice, Czech Republic 7/20/2010 #Scoliidae #hymenoptera #wasps #parasitoid #Scolid #insect #invertebrate #Macro #Grasslands

  22. Jewel Wasp, Chrysis spendidula Canon 7D EFS 60 2.8 f.6.3 1.400 iso: 160 Milovice, Czech Republic 7/11/2023 #Wasps #jewelWasps #parasitoid #Hymenoptera #Chrysidae #insects #invertebrates #macro

  23. Gasteruption jaculator and Blue-Spot Hairstreak, Satyrium spini Canon 7D EFS 60 2.8 f/4.6 1/320 iso: 200 Srbsko, Czech Republic 7/23/2023 #Wasps #Gasteruption #parasitoid #BlueSpot #Satyrium #Lycaenidae #butterflies #SaveButterflies #Lepidotera #Macro #grasslands

  24. Gasteruption jaculator and Blue-Spot Hairstreak, Satyrium spini Canon 7D EFS 60 2.8 f/4.6 1/320 iso: 200 Srbsko, Czech Republic 7/23/2023 #Wasps #Gasteruption #parasitoid #BlueSpot #Satyrium #Lycaenidae #butterflies #SaveButterflies #Lepidotera #Macro #grasslands

  25. Wild Carrot Wasp, Gasteruption assectator Canon 7D EFS 60 2.8 f/6.3 1/400 iso: 160 Milovice. Czech Republic 7/11/2023 #Gasteruption #Wasps #Parasitoid #Hymenptera #insects #Invertebrates #Grasslands #Macro

  26. Cordyligaster septentrionalis (Tachinidae). Larval host is apparently unknown. Rushton Woods Preserve, Willistown, PA. #Diptera #fly #insect #nature #entomology #parasitoid

  27. Cordyligaster septentrionalis (Tachinidae). Larval host is apparently unknown. Rushton Woods Preserve, Willistown, PA. #Diptera #fly #insect #nature #entomology #parasitoid

  28. Urban green roof tops can host insect #pests but also a large variety of #parasitoid #wasps - article in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution (Dec. 2022, art. 983401) by Aramee C. Diethelm and Susan E. Masta - doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2022.9834

    (image from commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fil)

  29. Urban green roof tops can host insect #pests but also a large variety of #parasitoid #wasps - article in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution (Dec. 2022, art. 983401) by Aramee C. Diethelm and Susan E. Masta - doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2022.9834

    (image from commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fil)

  30. On our window, this afternoon. Possibly an early hatching wasp, emerging from either our potted Christmas tree, or from outside—temperatures have been rather high, as in early Spring. Alas its fate is likely sealed by the absence of flowering plants.
    Ichneumonidae inaturalist.org/observations/1
    #InverteFest #iNaturalist #wasplove #Hymenoptera #entomology #parasitoid

  31. On our window, this afternoon. Possibly an early hatching wasp, emerging from either our potted Christmas tree, or from outside—temperatures have been rather high, as in early Spring. Alas its fate is likely sealed by the absence of flowering plants.
    Ichneumonidae inaturalist.org/observations/1
    #InverteFest #iNaturalist #wasplove #Hymenoptera #entomology #parasitoid

  32. Parasitoid flies (Ormia ochracea) attracted to a broadcast of field cricket (Gryllus lineaticeps) song. Rancho Sierra Vista, Santa Monica Mountain National Recreation Area, CA.

    #Ormia #Gryllus #parasitoid #flies #crickets