A nap ízeltlábúja a hártyásszárnyúak gubacsdarazsak családjába tartozó Andricus quercustozae https://www.izeltlabuak.hu/faj/andricus-quercustozae/talalatok #AndricusQuercustozae #gubacsdarazsak #Cynipidae #hártyásszárnyúak #Hymenoptera #CitizenScience #KözösségiTudomány

Christmas Eve and #WaspWednesdsy - what better time for some sand-flinging wasps! #insect #hymenoptera #wasp #Manitoba #bembix #crabronidae #bugstodon

https://lone.earth/w/ojBUFoiPGmcWkY3y6h6woN

Sand Wasp Earthworks

https://lone.earth/w/ojBUFoiPGmcWkY3y6h6woN

Finally got some photos of Australia’s “blue ant”, Diamma bicolor, which is not an ant at all but a shockingly large metallic blue thynnid wasp, wingless and solitary, that hunts mole crickets. Been meaning to shoot this thing for years.

#Thynnidae #Hymenoptera #Diamma #Insects #australianwildlife

New Ant Lab on #Dryinidae, utterly fascinating leafhopper-hunting parasitoid wasps with spring-loaded grabby legs: https://youtu.be/9osTBzQ0zbk

#bugstodon #insects #wasps #Hymenoptera #entomology

Pure Green Sweat Bee (Augochlora pura)

#Bee #SweatBee #Hymenoptera #ArtWithOpenSource #Darktable #CCBYSA #Insect #Insects #Bees #SweatBees #Augochlora #Animal #Animals #Wildlife #WildlifePhotography #Nature #NaturePhotography #PicOfTheDay #PhotoOfTheDay #Photo #Photography

Dasyscolia ciliata on Sage-leaved Rock-Rose (Cistus salviifolius)

#Wasps #Hymenoptera #ArtWithOpenSource #Darktable #CCBYSA #BloomScrolling #Insects #Animals #AnimalPhotography #Wildlife #WildlifePhotography #Florespondence #Flowers #FlowersOfMastodon #Plant #Plants #Nature #NaturePhotography #PicOfTheDay #PictureOfTheDay #PhotoOfTheDay #Photo #Photography

Uma vespinha simpática fotografada aqui em casa (Bragança Paulista-SP)

Canon EOS 5D2 + MP-E 65mm + MT-24EX + difusor artesanal

#macrofotografia #macrophotography #fotografiamacro #insetosdobrasil #naturezabr #biodiversidade #nature #wildlife #closeup #macrobrasil #vespas #hymenoptera #wasp #wasps #macrocreatures #detalhesdanatureza #macro #fotografiabr #macroemcasa #TEA #fotografoautista #bragancapaulista #bragançapaulista

A nap ízeltlábúja a hártyásszárnyúak hangyafélék családjába tartozó szurkos rabszolgahangya - Formica gagates https://www.izeltlabuak.hu/faj/szurkos-rabszolgahangya/talalatok #szurkosRabszolgahangya #FormicaGagates #hangyafélék #Formicidae #hártyásszárnyúak #Hymenoptera

#NewSpecies!
New parasitoid wasp from #brazil just flew in:

Perilampus minasgerais

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E27E55-2E54-FFE9-FF0F-FF72FBFFF966
Publication: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5621.2.1
#Zootaxa #PerilampusMinasgerais

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #invertebrates #entomology #insects #hymenoptera #wasps #parasitoidwasps #parasite

#NewSpecies!
New ant from #vietnam just nipped us:

Carebara bifida

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/CBDF3CBD-FEC9-596E-8816-57681A35A3C5
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/dez.72.171173
#DeutscheEntomologischeZeitschrift #CarebaraBifida

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #invertebrates #entomology #insects #hymenoptera #formicidae #myrmecology #ants

Hercules Carpenter Ant (Camponotus herculeanus)

#Ant #Hymenoptera #ArtWithOpenSource #Darktable #CCBYSA #Formicidae #Ants #Insect #Insects #InsectPhotography #Animal #Animals #AnimalPhotography #Wildlife #WildlifePhotography #Nature #NaturePhotography #Photo #Photography

@Adria @alexwild

Second that. The males of Stigmatomma denticulatum look like distracted wasps, and minute:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/88809662

#iNaturalist #ants #Hymenoptera #entomology

@alexwild

I just hope the book will collect examples of conflict between ants, and the aftermath, like carrying dead enemies hanging from one's antennae, jaws firmly clasped:

Cataglyphis nodus, from Croatia
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/92084232
#iNaturalist #ants #Hymenoptera #entomology

An ichneumonid wasp cleaning its ovipositor before flying off.

#insects #entomology #ichneumonid #hymenoptera #wasps

#NewSpecies!
New parasitoid wasp from #china just flew in:

Diglyphus albifemur

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/CB3B0E65-BE6D-5390-836F-2F9F61252DF1
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1257.159532
#ZooKeys #DiglyphusAlbifemur

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #invertebrates #entomology #insects #hymenoptera #wasps #parasitoidwasps #parasite

"Duration discrimination in the bumblebee Bombus terrestris", Davidson et al. 2025 (Elizabetta Versace's lab)
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbl.2025.0440

In other words, bees can tell time:

"Bees could discriminate between durations when the amount of stimulation in each presentation cycle was the same."

Some commentary from the authors here:
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/11/12/science/bees-visual-stimulus-study-scli-intl

#bumblebees #Hymenoptera #entomology #bees

Valley carpenter bee (Xylocarpa sonorina)
#nature #NaturePhotography #bugs #bugstodon #bees #hymenoptera #SouthernCalifornia

Ischnus inquisitorius (Müller, 1776)

Published under #CC0 here https://flic.kr/p/2rCRksv

#Hymenoptera #Ichneumonidae #Cryptinae #Cryptini #Ischnus #Pentax #Macro #Wasp #Animal #Wildlife #Nature #Mywork #Photography