#symphyta — Public Fediverse posts

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

Twin-spotted Rhogogaster (Rhogogaster punctulata)

#Sawfly #Symphyta #Hymenoptera #ArtWithOpenSource #Darktable #CCBYSA #Insect #Insects #Arthropod #Arthropods #Animal #Animals #Wildlife #WildlifePhotography #Nature #NaturePhotography #Photo #Photography

Twin-spotted Rhogogaster (Rhogogaster punctulata)

#Sawfly #Symphyta #Hymenoptera #ArtWithOpenSource #Darktable #CCBYSA #Insect #Insects #Arthropod #Arthropods #Animal #Animals #Wildlife #WildlifePhotography #Nature #NaturePhotography #Photo #Photography

Allantus viennensis (Tenthredinidae) foraging for nectar on a peony flower bud. This is one of several sawfly species that spends its larval days defoliating my roses. They also eat Rubus so I'll be watching my blackberries and raspberries carefully. Originally from Europe. #sawflies #hymenoptera #insects #nature #wasps #macrophotography #roses #rosa #symphyta #rubus

A female cattle-poisoning sawfly, Lophyrotoma interrupta, lifts off. Presumably to poison some cattle? Who knows. (Australia).

#Symphyta #Sawflies #Insects #australianwildlife

A female cattle-poisoning sawfly, Lophyrotoma interrupta, lifts off. Presumably to poison some cattle? Who knows. (Australia).

#Symphyta #Sawflies #Insects #australianwildlife

Another unusual insect: Tenthredo baetica (ssp. dominiquei), with only 118 observations world wide, of which 29 for this particular subspecies. It's a wasp – sort of: a sawfly.

The rear limbs are rather large, and I wonder why. For carrying prey?

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/216752296

Wikipedia points out an interesting reversal: in the Tenthredo genus, the larvae eat plants while the adults prey on other insects. Whereas many typical wasps do the opposite: the adults sip nectar but hunt insects to feed their young. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenthredo One wonders then what is this adult doing on a flower, engaging in motion patterns characteristic of foraging on nectar and pollen.

#iNaturalist #Hymenoptera #Symphyta #sawflies #wasplove #entomology #insects

Another unusual insect: Tenthredo baetica (ssp. dominiquei), with only 118 observations world wide, of which 29 for this particular subspecies. It's a wasp – sort of: a sawfly.

The rear limbs are rather large, and I wonder why. For carrying prey?

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/216752296

Wikipedia points out an interesting reversal: in the Tenthredo genus, the larvae eat plants while the adults prey on other insects. Whereas many typical wasps do the opposite: the adults sip nectar but hunt insects to feed their young. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenthredo One wonders then what is this adult doing on a flower, engaging in motion patterns characteristic of foraging on nectar and pollen.

#iNaturalist #Hymenoptera #Symphyta #sawflies #wasplove #entomology #insects

Seeing a lot of these little guys flying around Austin. Halidamia affinis, a small sawfly that feeds on Gallium catchweeds.

#Symphyta #Sawflies #Insects

Seeing a lot of these little guys flying around Austin. Halidamia affinis, a small sawfly that feeds on Gallium catchweeds.

#Symphyta #Sawflies #Insects

Gestern saß an der Hauswand am Café Ludwig dieses etwa 3cm große Insekt: Es ist eine Gelbe Kurzfühlerholzwespe oder Riesenlaubholzwespe, Tremex fuscicornis. Sie gehört zu den Holzwespen. Das ist eine kleine Familie der Hautflügler aus der Gruppe der Pflanzenwespen. Holzwespen legen ihre Eier in das Holz von Bäumen, die Larven ernähren sich dann von holzbewohnenden Pilzen.
#insektensamstag #Holzwespen #symphyta #HalleSaale

I don't target sawflies but I try and identify any that I do come across. These four from a wet woodland last May. Details in alt text captions
#Symphyta #Tenthredinidae

I don't target sawflies but I try and identify any that I do come across. These four from a wet woodland last May. Details in alt text captions
#Symphyta #Tenthredinidae

Butternut Woollyworm (Eriocampa juglandis)

#Hymenoptera #Symphyta #Sawfly #Sawflies #Insect #Insects #Larva #Larvae
#ArtWithOpenSource #Darktable #CreativeCommons #CCBYSA
#Nature #NaturePhotography #Photography
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Butternut_Woollyworm_(Eriocampa_juglandis)_-_Kitchener,_Ontario_01.jpg

Butternut Woollyworm (Eriocampa juglandis)

#Hymenoptera #Symphyta #Sawfly #Sawflies #Insect #Insects #Larva #Larvae
#ArtWithOpenSource #Darktable #CreativeCommons #CCBYSA
#Nature #NaturePhotography #Photography
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Butternut_Woollyworm_(Eriocampa_juglandis)_-_Kitchener,_Ontario_01.jpg

Bon, il est 4h du mat' ici alors j'envoie du sexe : deux tabac d'Espagne, en Estonie (Argynnis paphia).

Deuxième image : ceci n'est pas une chenille ! C'est une larve de "mouche à scie" https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphyta, une tenthrède… bref, tu vois le genre : Tenthredo (c'est le genre). Astuce : en plus des 6 pattes, les chenilles ont maximum 2×5 "ventouses". Les fausses chenilles en ont 2×6.

#insectes #insects #papillon #butterfly #chenille #Symphyta #Tenthredinidae #sawfly