A few pictures taken last night while I was waiting for moths to be drawn to my moth trap's light.

#wildlifegarden #nature #ukwildlife #wasps #ichneumon #insects #frogs #amphibians #pondlife

#Oc #OriginalCharacters #Wasps #Easter

Spring must have sprung as just found this wasp wandering sleepy in the house. It's now rescued and put outside #spring #nature #wasps

It's 13°C, so of course I've put the trap out! Not much about at the moment, just an A. heracliana and an ichneumon wasp, which I photographed as it moved up the wall. But the night is still young. 🤞

#teammoth #nature #ukwildlife #wasps #ichneumon #insects

Conceptual framework of alternative evolutionary scenarios shaping floral scent composition in the fig-wasp mutualism.

The scent of #mutualism: How evolutionary history shapes #fig flowers

Li Cao, et al.

nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

#PlantScience #wasps

Hey men and theyre figs #wasps

#Megachile rotundata will #nest in just about any pre-existing cavity they can find, including abandoned nests of paper #wasps.

Found some very distinct leaf mines on a Honeysuckle plant .I thought at first a moth was responsible but i,m now leaning towards a true fly Chromatomyia Aprilina .The other a small Bee/Wasp of some sort #Bees #Wasps #insects @ianbeavis.bsky.social

Golden Digger Wasp

Western Honeybee

Fiery Skipper Butterfly

Western Honeybee

The Pollinators. Saturday edition. Peace! ✌️ #bloomscrolling #butterflies #bees #wasps #pollinators #peace #flowers #blossoms

#Wasps

Insects and Flowers.

#Nature #Garden #Butterflies #Bees #Ladybirds #Wasps #Mint #Moths#EssentialInsects #OldPhotos
#Summer #Seasons #ColoursOfNature #NaturalArt #Art

A yellowjacket wasp flies through a cloud of white azalea blossoms.

A yellowjacket flies through a cloud of white #azalea blossoms.
#InsectThursday #Insects #Wasps #InFlight #ECK #Pollinators #Spring #ColorADay #YellowThu #Flowers #NaturePhotography

BBC Four - My Garden of a Thousand Bees Wildlife film-maker Martin Dohrn sets out to film over 60 species of bee in his garden.

A very enjoyable programme, loved it.. #pollinators #bees #wasps #nature #solitarybee #honeybees #bumblebees #savethebees #insects
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Ichneumon sarcitorius, the White-Striped Darwin Wasp Ichneumon sarcitorius is a common and strikingly patterned parasitic wasp belonging to the vast Ichneumonidae family. Often referred to as a ‘Darwin wasp’ this species is a vital component of its e…

my latest article on #Northwestnatureandhistory I look at Ichneumon sarcitorius, the White-striped Darwin Wasp
#Entomology #Insects #Wasps #Nature
@royentsoc.bsky.social
northwestnatureandhistory.co.uk/2026/03/26/i...

PhD student Ayla Webb presenting her prize-winning poster at the ASAB Spring Conference in Bristol in March 2026.

🥇Poster prize awarded to #AylaWebb at @asab.org #ASABSpring2026

🐝Reproductive hierarchies & queen succession in paper #wasps

🌟CONGRATULATIONS Ayla 🎉

@patrick-kennedy.bsky.social #ProudSupervisors

@bristolbiosci.bsky.social @asab-meetings.bsky.social
#fieldwork #ECR #PhD #experiments #evolution

Dead, hollow stems sitting in a sawed-off aluminum can that is fastened to the corner of a compost bin.

I made carbonnade flamande yesterday so had a few tall cans of Belgian beer sitting around. Loved the label so am using them to hold stems for tunnel-nesting bees and wasps. Can't wait to spam everyone with photographs of the visitors. #bees #wasps #beer

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

Two new records from China: Aphaereta (Atopandrium) debilitata Morley and Elasmosoma berolinense Ruthe (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) The genera Aphaereta Förster, 1863 (tribe Alysiini) and Elasmosoma Ruthe, 1858 (tribe Neoneurini, subfamily Euphorinae) represent two distinct and ecologically specialised lineages within the family B...

New #study reports the first records of two #parasitoid #wasps from the Aphaereta and Elasmosoma genera in the Xinjiang Region of China, following #specimen collection by Malaise traps.

Also, Aphaereta debilitata and #subgenus Atopandrium are recorded from China for the first time ⤵️

The old red binding of my new book, which was printed 110 years ago!

ANTS, BEES, AND WASPS A RECORD OF OBSERVATIONS ON THE HABITS OF THE SOCIAL HYMENOPTERA BY SIR JOHN LUBBOCK, 1ST BARON AVEBURY P.C., F.R.S., D.C.L., ETC. SEVENTEENTH EDITION, REVISED THIRD IMPRESSION LONDON REGAN PAUL, TRENCH, TRÜBNER & CO. LTD. BROADWAY HOUSE, 68-74 CARTER LANE, E.C. 1915

Sat in the dentist’s waiting room with my ‘new’ (to me!) book.

ANTS, BEES, AND WASPS
A RECORD OF OBSERVATIONS ON THE HABITS OF THE SOCIAL HYMENOPTERA
BY
SIR JOHN LUBBOCK, 1ST BARON AVEBURY
P.C., F.R.S., D.C.L., ETC.
1915

#ants #bees #wasps #entomology #entobooks

A black and yellow striped wasp with orange tipped antennae.

European Paper Wasp
#wasps #nature #photography

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#202021 #Rugby #UnderArmour #Wasps #Football #Soccer #Footballshirt #SoccerJersey

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

#Wasps #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

Swamped with Spangles Over the last week we have been swamped with these tiny wasps. They're all over the inside of the windows and the car, and the moth trap w...

Swamped with Spangles
We're drowning in tiny wasps.
With some help I've figured out what's going to happen next: ajcarthropoda.blogspot.com/2026/03/swam...

#Wasps #Hemiptera #Cynipoidea #VC55

Pteromalus spp (?)

Pteromalus spp (?)

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

#Wasps #Hymenoptera #VC55

Several hundred plant stems packed into a wood box.

A new addition to my insect hotel this year is hydrangea stems. Hoping to attract bees and wasps that like to excavate pith. E.g., Ceratina and Pemphredon, but open to surprise guests, too. #bees #wasps

💺 Alloa's substitutes: Conor Sammon
#COYBIG #Wasps #AlloaICTFC

#AdventuresInHistory!
#OTD #TDIH #March21, 1943 #DOTD: #RIP: #WASP #AviationPioneer #CorneliaFort #killed flying a #VulteeBT13Valiant when male #ShowOff #pilot flew too close.
#AviationAccidents #WASPs #WWII #WomensHistoryMonth @WASPMuseum #HistorySky #WWIISky
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corneli...

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

Appendix 3. Plants that Produce Hollow or Pithy Twigs and Stems Used by Nesting Bees in Eastern North America | NC State Extension Publications Appendix 3 of the collection, How to Manage a Successful Bee Hotel, provides a list of plants that create hollow or pithy twigs and stems that can be used as a source of nest materials for bee hotels.

If you're trying to attract tunnel-nesting bees and wasps to your garden or insect hotel in eastern North America, here's a list of plants that have hollow or pithy stems. Compiled by Elsa Youngsteadt and Meredith Favre, NC State Extension. #bees #wasps #insects content.ces.ncsu.edu/how-to-manag...