Megischus bicolor (Bicolored Crown-of-thorns Wasp). Notable features of this parasitoid wasp are the long "neck," enlarged and toothed hind femora, and teeth on the head (from where its name is derived). Although it appears wingless, they're there--just held tightly against the body. Females have an ovipositor that exceeds their body length--used to lay eggs in larvae of wood-boring beetles.
Neu-Anspach
Canon EOS R6 MII | Canon RF 100mm f2.8L Macro IS USM
3 hours later the bumblebees had undertaken significant repairs of their nest entrance.
The size of the entrance is important to control, among other factors, the temperature. When too hot they’ll fan our air with their wings. When too cold they’ll shiver to warm it up. All in all to setup the optimal conditions for their brood.
http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/274824097
#iNaturalist #bumblebees #nativebees #Hymenoptera #entomology
Bumblebee nest – accidentally revealed when lifting some cardboard. I’ve put it back as well as I could and committed that patch of the allotment to them for the reminder of the season.
Georgia mason bee (Osmia georgica) in the process of chewing out of its cocoon. If you're in a quiet room you can hear them chewing. #bee #bees #insects #pollinators #macro #hymenoptera #mandibles #macrophotography
#NewSpecies!
New chalcid wasp from #thailand just stung us:
Chelonastichus hanssoni
Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/06098C96-CDAC-5C0C-839F-4DE1FB418DF5
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/jhr.98.144864
#JournalOfHymenopteraResearch #ChelonastichusHanssoni
#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #invertebrates #entomology #insects #hymenoptera #wasps
The burrowing bees are so cute. They'll sit right at the entrance of their holes and, when you pass by, immediately retreat. However if you wait patiently they'll come back up again.
I thought I also saw immense bees buzzing around, but they turned out to be furry scarab beetles of some kind!
#InverteFest #bugstodon #insects #bees #beetles #Hymenoptera #Anthophila #Colletidae? #Coleoptera #Scarabaeidae
Anyone good at identifying small wasps from photographs? I could use some help on this iNaturalist observation from 2018. Might be Nealiolus or Aliolus ... or something else entirely. @bugid #inaturalist #wasp #hymenoptera #braconid #braconidae #insects #entomology
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/14744462
the females—there seemed to be only a few, maybe only one very popular one—are golden rather than silver, and very slightly broader in build. periodically one saw a little "bee ball" with a female and at least one male rolling around the dusty, sunny slope.
i don't know what family they are—Andrenidae? Colletidae?—anyway, some kind of solitary ground-nesting bee.
Augochlura pura (Halictidae) in my garden today. I think she has plans on nesting in my terracotta strawberry planter even though it's not a rotting log, their usual choice. I'm going to go on a run, then see whether I can lure her into drinking some sweat. #SweatBee #augochlura #insects #bee #bees #hymenoptera #halictidae
Un mascle d'abella solitària Rhodanthidium sticticum. Una espècie estretament lligada a les closques de cargol buides, ja que són utilitzades tant per a la nidificació com per a refugiar-se quan les condicions meteorològiques són adverses.
Die #Hummeln (#Bombus) sind eine zu den Echten #Bienen gehörende Gattung staatenbildender #Insekten.
Die im weiblichen Geschlecht über einen Wehrstachel verfügenden Hautflügler (#Hymenoptera) gehören zu den #Stechimmen, auch Wehrimmen genannt.
Scheint wohl ein Missverständnis zu sein...
In einem einzigen #taz Artikel... 
"Hummeln sind als #Bestäuber ähnlich wichtig wie #Bienen."
"Fehlen #Hummeln und Bienen, ist das für #Mensch wie #Tierwelt ein Riesenproblem."
"Wissenschaftler warnen, dass der Wildbienen- und Hummelschwund..."
#Hummeln sind #Bienen / #Wildbienen, nichts anderes.
Teilordnung: Stechimmen (#Aculeata)
Überfamilie: #Apoidea
Bienen (#Apiformes)
Familie: Echte Bienen (#Apidae)
Unterfamilie: #Apinae
#Artenvielfalt #Biodiversität #Insekten #Ressourcen #Wildbiene #Wildbienen #Bestäuber #artenschutz #Artenvielfalt
Ein Gewinn nicht nur für #Balkonien 
Der Echte #Beinwell (Symphytum officinale), auch Gemeiner Beinwell, Beinwell, Arznei-Beinwell, Beinwurz, #Bienenkraut, Hasenlaub, Milchwurz, Schadheilwurzel, Schmalwurz, Schwarzwurz, Wallwurz, Komfrei oder Wundallheil genannt, ist eine Pflanzenart, die zur Gattung Beinwell (Symphytum) in der Familie der #Raublattgewächse (Boraginaceae) gehört. Sie wird als Heilpflanze verwendet und angebaut.
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echter_Beinwell
Echter Beinwell ist in Mitteleuropa heimisch und Nahrungsquelle/Lebensraum für #Bienen #Schwebfliegen und #Schmetterlinge
Spezialisierte #Wildbienen: 2
Auf Pollen spezialisiert
Wildbienen insgesamt:
22 #Nektar und/oder #Pollen
#Raupen spezialisiert:2
Raupenarten: 6
Schwebfliegenarten:1
#Käfer: 1
#Hummel #Bienen #Biodiversität #Balkon #artenschutz #Artenvielfalt #Wildpflanzen #Wildblumen #Wildbienen #Insekten #Apiformes #Anthophila #Hymenoptera
People in eastern North America: CHECK EMPTY SNAIL SHELLS FOR BEES! An iNaturalist user in Ohio just found an eastern snail-shell mason bee (Osmia conjuncta), and I am soooo envious. The species has been found in Louisiana, Tennessee, Kansas, Virginia, New York, and Ontario, too, though some of those are awaiting confirmation. #bees #hymenoptera #osmia #snails #shells #inaturalist #insects https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/270932596
This might be a record for me: 16 mason bee cocoons in a single nesting tube. The ones on the left are larger and likely all females. The smaller ones on the right are males, who emerge first and then wait for females to come out. It's really cool how hymenopterans can control the sex of eggs they lay (males are from unfertilized eggs). Osmia georgica. #InsectHotel #BeeHotel #bees #cocoons #insects #pollinators #hymenoptera #osmia #haplodiploidy
Pro Jahr sammelt ein #Honigbienenvolk durchschnittlich 120 – 180 kg #Nektar und bis zu 30 kg #Pollen. Bei guten Verhältnissen können dies sogar bis zu 60 kg Pollen pro Jahr sein. CANE et. al. (2017) kommen zu dem Ergebnis, dass der gesammelte Pollen eines starken Honigbienenvolks für die Nachkommen von 100.000 (durchschnittlichen) #Wildbienen reichen würde.
#Honigbienen #Bienen #Hummel #hymenoptera #Artenvielfalt #Biodiversität #Insekten #Ressourcen #Honig
Small little sweat bee relaxing on a dandelion inflorescence. Not sure what it is so will likely just wait for John Ascher (National University of Singapore) to find my observation on iNaturalist. I'm so grateful for IDers like him. #bees #inaturalist #hymenoptera #insects #dandelion #sweatbee #halictidae https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/270401483
A Hover Wasp, Liostenogaster nitidipennis, spotted at Dairy Farm Nature Park, Singapore on 21 Dec 2024. Interesting that many kinds of wasps feature this long, narrow attachment between the body and abdomen.
On iNaturalist [ https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/255752247 ].
