The bug Asiraca clavicornis on a leaf.

The beetle Cassida vibex, an oval-shaped, green beetle, on a fingertip.

Orange-tailed Mining Bee Andrena haemorrhoa, with orange-brown hair on the thorax, and an orange tip to the abdomen.

The Variable Nomad Bee Nomada to Ata, photographed through a microscope (then released).

Sun's out, insect net's out. A few bits from the garden this afternoon - the bug Asiraca clavicornis, the attractive little tortoise beetle Cassida vibex (new for garden), the Orange-tailed Mining Bee, and the Variable Nomad Bee. #bugs #beetles #bees #hemiptera #coleoptera #hymenoptera #KentNature

Hawthorn Mining Bee male, Andrena chrysosceles

Hawthorn Mining Bee male, Andrena chrysosceles

Lots of Hawthorn Mining Bee males, Andrena chrysosceles, hanging around hopefully in the sunny but still chilly garden.

#Hees #Hymenoptera #VC55 #OlympusTG6

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Would anyone like these publications?
#Bees #Hymenoptera
Send me a DM if you're interested.

oop forgot to tag #bugsky #hymenoptera #colletidae #beesky

Asaphes vulgaris

Another day, another Asaphes vulgaris.

#Wasps #Hymenoptera #VC55

First round of malaise trap setups from this past weekend. The vastly under-collected Colorado Plateau (at least for ichneumonids) is one of my main focal areas this year. This first spot is near Kanab, Utah.

#ichneumonidae #entomology #malaisetrap #insect #hymenoptera #diptera #trackerwasps

A small nomad bee with striking yellow stripes on a black abdomen. It has yellow spots at its wing bases and a pair of yellow spots at the bottom of its thorax. No black on the antennae so this one is a female.

A small nomad bee with striking yellow stripes on a black abdomen. It has yellow spots at its wing bases and a pair of yellow spots at the bottom of its thorax. No black on the antennae so this one is a female.

A small nomad bee, Nomada goodeniana (female - no black on the antennae), feeding on a dandelion in the garden. What a pretty creature #NotAWasp!

#NomadBees
#hymenoptera
#entomology
#GardenWildlife

Photo of two Mining Bees (probably of the genus Andrena), on bare soil with stones of various sizes. We are looking at them from above and, in the case of the Bee near the top left corner of the image, a little from the front. The aforementioned Bee is facing towards the rear of the second one, who is facing towards the bottom right corner of the image. Both have blackish heads with large compound eyes, brown, hairy thoraxes, and abdomens which are dark with pale bands around them (largely obscured by the wings folded back across the bodies).

On a small mound of bare, stony soil beside the path leading to the Jon Baldwin Hide were several insect burrows, plus several solitary Wasps and #Bees – including these two Mining Bees (genus Andrena, I think). Brandon Marsh #NaturePhotography thread, post #14. #Insects #Hymenoptera #UKWildlife 🌿

Een Grasbij (Andrena flavipes op paardenbloemflat 😁 #wildebijen #wildebloemen #hymenoptera

Zandbij onbekend | Mining bee unknown
Andrena spec.

Do you know what species this is? Help me out!

#amsterdamoudzuid #bij #bee #hymenoptera #insectphotography

Vijf redenen om van wespen te houden 💛🖤 (in plaats van ze dood te slaan met je slipper) De ene nazomer barst het van de wespen, de andere zie je ze amper. Toch is dat laatste niet per se goed nieuws. Weinig insecten krijgen zo veel haat, terwijl de wesp – in weerwil van haar imago – een ...

Een klassieker over de wesp 💛 5 redenen om van wespen te houden in plaats van ze dood te slaan decorrespondent.nl/14772/vijf-r... #hymenoptera

Binnenkort ligt de nieuwe nieuwsbrief HymenoVaria op de mat of in de mailbox van onze leden. De nieuwsbrieven van 1jr oud zijn openbaar voor niet-leden. Zoals nr 33 waarin o.a. Stijn Schreven de vondst van een behangersbij en een mierennest beschrijft www.hymenovaria.nl/pdf/HymenoVa... #hymenoptera

Wire-bound faggot of heavily-thorned rose stems fastened to a 4x4" post.

New at my insect hotel this spring are rose canes, offered vertically and protected from rain by the eave of the garage. Hoping to attract bees and wasps that excavate nesting tunnels in pithy stems. #bees #wasps #hymenoptera #roses #insects

In Issue 1 of the #EMM for 2026: new species, new host-plants, distributional records, and novel biological observations covering #Lepidoptera, #Hymenoptera, #Diptera, and #Coleoptera.

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Nature Today | Bijen op de TU Delft Campus Om de biodiversiteit op de TU Delft Campus te verhogen, worden gericht maatregelen getroffen. EIS Kenniscentrum Insecten is gevraagd om de bijenfauna jaarlijks te monitoren, om de resultaten van de ge...

De TU Delft is goed bezig met het verhogen van de biodiversiteit en het werkt: 69 wilde bijensoorten waaronder twee bedreigde soorten zijn hier aangetroffen! www.naturetoday.com/intl/nl/natu... #goednieuws #wildebijen #hymenoptera #biodiversiteit #natuur

Tapped these two Nomada sp from an evergreen shrub in Chirk, North Wales yesterday! My first of the year! #Hymenoptera

Diapriidae, I think Trichopria? Species possible?
@davidnotton.bsky.social ?

#Wasps #Hymenoptera #VC55

Yellow-legged Mining Bee, Andrena flavipes

Yellow-legged Mining Bee, Andrena flavipes

Lots of Yellow-legged Mining Bee, Andrena flavipes, on the Blackthorn today.

#Bees #Hymenoptera #VC55

A large wasp with a red head, abdomen and wings.

A wider angle shot, showing the wasp above a large spider that is not moving. Both are on grass blades near the ground.

The spider lying paralysed. It has a large abdomen with a pattern of dots. Its body is white, while the legs have black and white bands.

A large Spider Wasp (family Pompilidae) spotted at Coney Island on 30 March 2025. It has paralysed this Dome Web Spider (Cyrtophora moluccensis) and is preparing a nesting hole.

On iNaturalist [ www.inaturalist.org/observations... ].

#iNaturalist #Singapore #Wasps #Hymenoptera #Spiders #Araneae

Eatá viva porque respira. #Abeja #Hymenoptera

Pteromalus spp (?)

Pteromalus spp (?)

Another tricky Pteromalus(?). Struggling to get beyond genus with these at present.

#Wasps #Hymenoptera #VC55

3-5 small native bees with black abdomen and narrow white bands, grouping together on the ground near their burrows

Adrena eriginiae, Spring Beauty miner bee

Making bee balls??? They are everywhere right now enjoying the Spring Beauties #insects #hymenoptera

Three books are laid out against a yellow background. To the left is "The Flies of Britain & Ireland" to the right are two books, one on top of the other. They are keys to wasps and beetles in Dutch and have a red stripe along the spine.

Thanks to the always excellent Pemberly books, I'm very happy to have added a couple of excellent books to the ID shelf! The Flies of Britain is bloody brilliant! #wasps #hymenoptera #coleoptera #diptera

Oak-galls in Britain by Robin Williams Available at: https://www.nhm.ac.uk/resources/research-curation/projects/chalcidoids/pdf_X/Willia2010.pdf

Oak-galls in Britain by Robin Williams
Available at: www.nhm.ac.uk/resources/re...

#wasps #Hymenoptera #plantgalls

Rosse metselbij | Red mason bee
(Osmia bicornis), man | male

#botanischetuinzuidas #bij #bee #hymenoptera #insectphotography

Deze ongediertebestrijder behoudt wespennesten liever dan dat hij ze bestrijdt Wanneer je een wespennest ontdekt bij huis, denk je waarschijnlijk direct "weg ermee". Maar sommige ongediertebestrijders raden je juist af om zo'n nest te bestrijden.

Mooi! Een dierplaagbestrijder die het snapt! En hulde aan de Wespenstichting 😊 maasgouw.nieuws.nl/nieuws/deze-... #wespen #hymenoptera #insecten

British Ichneumonoidea - Malcolm Storey "Lennart Bendixen and I have just submitted the manuscript to our forthcoming WILDGuide to Britain's Darwin Wasps. There's still quite lot to be sorted out before it gets printed but most of the outstanding work is now somebody else's responsibility! I have no idea how long it will take - could easily be next spring."

Wasp fans rejoice!

#Wasps #Hymenoptera #Entomology #Ichneumonoidea

Emerald Cuckoo Wasp (Stilbum cyanurum)
Fujairah, UAE - Feb 2026.
#macromonday #macrohour #ThePhotoHour #entomology #biodiversity #natgeoyourshot #natgeomena #insectencounter @royentsoc.bsky.social #BBCWildlifePOTD #hymenoptera #nature #insectphotography #wasps @hymenopterists.org.web.brid.gy

The Making Of: Trissolcus cultratus.

#Wasps #Hymenoptera #VC55 #Scelionidae