Happy to share that our paper is published in Systematic Parasitology. We describe a new species of Telenomus from India using an integrative taxonomic approach.
Read from here: rdcu.be/eZrRB
#hymenoptera #parasitoidwasp #host #parasitoid #DNA
Eury, the black parasitoid wasp, pinning Gilt, the golden mantis, down with his 4 arms while pounding its pussy from behind. Gilts belly is pushed out significantly by Eury’s huge cockus, exposing blue flesh between its chitin plates.
I need this done to me, for my back ya know 👍
#ryuudaigaoc #ryuudaigaart #nsfw
#bugsex #bugoc #mantis #parasitoidwasp
Figure 3 in Shi et al. (2025): "The survival probability of Gelis agilis females was studied in microcosmos arenas that differed in complexity, and in which provisioning of food and cocoons was (a) temporally or (b) spatially separated. In single dish arenas with 1, 2, 4, 8 or 16 compartments, respectively (a), provisioning of food and cocoons was alternated every 48 h. In two-dish arenas with 1, 4 or 9 compartments, respectively, connected by a tube (b), food was offered in one dish and cocoons in the other. In the two-dish arenas, food and cocoons were replaced every 48 h, but were both provided simultaneously. The dotted lines depict median survival, and the coloured shaded areas represent the 95% confidence interval for the survival curves. The number of replicates is 10 per arena type in (a) and 30 in (b). In (b), the arrows on the x-axis represent the median longevity of females provided only with food and no hosts (experiment 2.2)."
New publication: Heterogeneous microcosm mazes affect reproduction and survival in a wingless #hyperparasitoid #wasp. #parasitoidwasp
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A black anthro parasitoid wasp is holding and fucking golden mantis, Gilt (it/its). Its wings buzz, holding them both aloft
Finally drew my big dick parasitoid wasp again 🍆🐝
#ryuudaigaart #ryuudaigaoc
#parasitoidwasp #wasp #mantis #bugporn #nsfw
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#RTÉ #Butterfly #Summer #ClimateChange #Weather #GlobalWarming #Caterpillar #SmallTortoiseshell #DingySkipper #CrypticWoodWhite
#CloudedYellow #LargeWhite #SmallWhite #parasitoidwasp #NoMowMay
side view of a 4mm black wasp with muscular hind legs sitting on young flower buds of a Galium plant. it's slurping up a tiny drop of sugar-water that I put there to keep it busy so it's easier to take a picture
Neat little wasp with muscular hind legs :)
Although I see Chalcidoidea almost daily, this was only my second Chalcididae. IV.2024
Haltichella rufipes, 4mm, a larval parasite of a diverse set of hosts: Tortricidae-moths, death-watch and darkling beetles
#hymenoptera #parasitoidwasp #macrophotography
A tiny parasitoid wasp, Ormyrus nitidulus, climbs a pond sedge leaf in a garden pond. She is about 5mm long, with a hunched posture and a sharply pointed end to the abdomen. She is metallic blue, blue-green, and gold, with brilliant red eyes, and strongly embossed and patterned gastric tergites. Her larvae parasitise the larvae of the wasp responsible for Knopper galls in English oak trees.
A tiny parasitoid wasp, Ormyrus nitidulus, climbs a pond sedge leaf in a garden pond. She is about 5mm long, with a hunched posture and a sharply pointed end to the abdomen. She is metallic blue, blue-green, and gold, with brilliant red eyes, and strongly embossed and patterned gastric tergites. Her larvae parasitise the larvae of the wasp responsible for Knopper galls in English oak trees.
Dangerous:
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#insects #invertebrates #wasp #ChalcidWasp #ParasitoidWasp #OrmyrusNitidulus #GardenWildlife #UKWildlife #NaturePhotography #NatureWriting #MacroPhotography #StingsNWings #SmallWonders #MacroMonday
The Way Parasitoid Wasps Lay Their Eggs Has Inspired Horror Films #Science #Biology #Zoology #ParasitoidWasp #HorrorFilms #NatureInspiration
Clytus arietis: The wasp that lives inside another bug and takes it over is called a #parasitoidwasp. These wasps lay their eggs on or inside the bodies of other arthropods, eventually causing the death of these hosts.
If billionaire donors are the wasps, the GOP will be dead soon.
Can't wait! 💀
A dark gray anthro parasitoid wasp with a long stinger and a fat cock
I made a parasitoid wasp guy 🤭 I still need to name him
#ryuudaigaart #ryuudaigaoc #nsfw
#parasitoidwasp #bugoc #wasp
A black wasp standing on a green leaf with light yellow spots. The wasp has a white stripe on each antenna, a white spot on its thorax and another at the end if its abdomen.
Ichneumon wasp!! ::3
#wasp #ichneumonwasp #parasitoidwasp #parasiticwasp #hymenoptera #photography #bugsky #insect
Graphical abstract of: DNA from museum samples of a parasitoid wasp genus (Braconidae: Syntretus) offers novel insights into host-parasitoid interactions
A new #RESInsectConsDiv #genome skimming study using #museum collections helps elucidate host-parasite relationships in a #bumblebee / #ParasitoidWasp system, informing conservation strategies
Read the #OpenAccess article now🔽
doi.org/10.1111/icad.12803
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Experimental design of: Temporal snapshot of parasitoid wasp communities on three flowering plant species and implications for the rosy apple aphid regulation (Dysaphis plantaginea) in apple orchards The three tested plants Capsella bursa-pastoris, Veronica persica and Vicia sativa were intercropped with apple trees in two experimental apple orchards (eight replicate plots per treatment in a randomized block design). Bare soil was used as negative control. Each plot comprised two apple trees framed by 2.5 m2 of one of the tested plants or bare soil. The two orchards were 250 m apart.
A new #RESAgForestEnt article gives a temporal snapshot of #ParasitoidWasp communities on three flowering plant species & implications for rosy apple #aphid regulation🍎
Read the article 🔽
doi.org/10.1111/afe.12674
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Side view of a tiny translucent white, slightly orange wasp with bright yellow eyes that have a dark purple spot where you are looking straight down the ommatidia. She sits on a blade of grass where, at this magnification individual plant cells are just about visible and some blurry white spots in the foreground, which are the stomata. The wasp is licking up some sugar water which I put there so she is occupied and won't fly away. The background is a blur of shades of petrol.
0.8mm tiny Aphelinidae wasp (Centrodora sp.?) I found in some hay last autumn
Single shot using Mitutoyo MPlan APO10X on a tube lens with variable aperture on a mirrorless aps-c camera.
#hymenoptera #Aphelinidae #insects #insect #macrophotography #macrophoto #ultramacro #parasitoid #parasitoidwasp
Fabulous Astichus arithmeticus 🤩
One of my favorite chalcidoid wasps.
Using her ovipositor she's probing a bracket fungus for beetle larvae within and lays eggs into them so her larvae can feed on them 1/2
#hymenoptera #chalcidoidea #eulophidae #parasitoid #parasitoidwasp #macro #macrophotography
A view down a commercial strawberry polytunnel, with a long row of lush flowering strawberry plants, with some fruits. The plants grow in long, narrow coir bags (not visible) on a sort of bar at human shoulder-height. The ground underneath and between the rows is a mixture of bare soil and "weeds", i.e. non-intentional wild plants of different species.
Over the last 18 months or so, we have been exploring the relationship between landscape and insect-related ecosystem services on strawberry farms. Let me tell you about something we found... [1/]
#Biocontrol #ParasitoidWasp #Entomology #EcosystemServices
