Explore

@pkster101.bsky.social Oct 8, 2026, 4:43 AM

One from Italy.

The Seven-toothed Red Resin Bee (Rhodanthidium septemdentatum)

Nests r built in empty snail shells.

#wildlife #entomology #NaturePhotography #nature #naturephotographer #insects #invertefest #bugsky #naturalscience #wildlifephotography #wildlifephotographer #Hymenoptera #italy

@rosariolebronentomology.com Oct 7, 2026, 3:13 PM

This is a wasp. Specifically a sawfly larva, Diprion pini I think. I love sawflies like this because they really challenge what people think of as a "wasp". Beautiful animal.

#entomology #hymenoptera #bugsky #ukwildlife

Extreme macro close up of a sawfly larva's head and front body against a black background. The larva looks like a caterpillar. Its head is a glossy, rounded, orange brown capsule with a darker patch on top and a scattering of fine short hairs. A single round black eye sits inside a black patch on the side of the head, with a small pale antenna stub just below it. Dark mouthparts point down and to the right. Behind the head the body is soft, wrinkled and pale creamy yellow, slightly translucent, with two bold matte black spots and rows of tiny black bristles. Black and white banded legs grip a twig at the bottom of the frame. A blurred brown stem runs out of focus to the right.

@ajcann.bsky.social Oct 7, 2026, 2:55 PM

Spaniopus dissimilis male.

#Wasps #Hymenoptera #VC55 #Pteromalidae

Spaniopus dissimilis male.
Male mid tibia somewhat expanded and flattened distally, its posterior surface concave; tibia pale at base but more or less broadly fuscous to black distally. Antennal flagellum uniformly yellowish brown. Male forewing immaculate.
Parasitoids targeting gall-making insects within the Diptera family Cecidomyiidae (gall midges).
Tselikh, E.V. (2015) Review of the world species of Spaniopus Walker, 1833 (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae), with description of a new species from the Russian Far East. Zootaxa, 4058(1), 41-65.

Spaniopus dissimilis male.
Parasitoids targeting gall-making insects within the Diptera family Cecidomyiidae (gall midges).
Tselikh, E.V. (2015) Review of the world species of Spaniopus Walker, 1833 (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae), with description of a new species from the Russian Far East. Zootaxa, 4058(1), 41-65.

Spaniopus dissimilis male.
Male forewing immaculate.
Tselikh, E.V. (2015) Review of the world species of Spaniopus Walker, 1833 (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae), with description of a new species from the Russian Far East. Zootaxa, 4058(1), 41-65.

@nottscoleoptera.bsky.social Oct 7, 2026, 8:13 AM

A morning of Pompilidae determination from a summer survey. Tricky little chaps. #Hymenoptera #Pompilidae

@ajcann.bsky.social Oct 7, 2026, 8:07 AM

Trichomalus spp.
At least 30 UK species.

#Wasps #Hymenoptera #VC55 #Pteromalidae

@ajcann.bsky.social Oct 6, 2026, 8:29 AM

Dendrocerus aphidum.

#Wasps #Hymenoptera #VC55 #Ceraphronoidea

Dendrocerus aphidum female. Aphid hyperparasite.
Fergusson, N.D.M. (1980) A revision of the British species of Dendrocerus Ratzeburg (Hymenoptera: Ceraphronoidea) with a review of their biology as aphid hyperparasites. Bulletin of The British Museum (Natural History) Entomology, 41, (4), 255-314.

@ladyfellhorn.bsky.social Oct 4, 2026, 2:45 PM

Ectemnius sp., a Crabronid or square headed wasp. Uncertain if I have ever photographed this genus before. Was hard to get a better photo bc it was flying around quickly inside my car! #wasps #insects #hymenoptera in central/southern IL, the species seem difficult to ID by photo.

Very small compact black wasp with a large head, yellow stripes on the junction of the thorax and on the abdomen, yellow antennae base, yellow leg segments

Differenr angle of the wasp from overhead, climbing

@gijinka-achlabo-pt.bsky.social Oct 4, 2026, 10:13 AM

🎨 Novo post: Abelha-gigante: A Rainha Dourada da Floresta
#entomology #hymenoptera #personification #AIArt #Gijinka

👇 Veja mais aqui:
https://entmorlia.achlabo.com/pt/abelha-gigante-a-rainha-dourada-da-floresta-2/

@entmorlia-achlabo.bsky.social Oct 3, 2026, 12:23 PM

🎨 New Post: Golden Symphony of the Hive: The Africanized Honey Bee
#entomology #hymenoptera #personification #AIArt #Gijinka

👇 View Full Illustration:
https://entmorlia.achlabo.com/en/golden-symphony-of-the-hive-the-africanized-honey-bee/

@ddpichenumonidae.bsky.social Oct 1, 2026, 3:09 PM

🍇🐝 New open-access paper! In Northern Italian vineyards, more semi-natural habitat within 200 m meant more parasitoid wasps (71 taxa recorded!) and less European grapevine moth.

doi.org/10.3897/bull...

#Entomology #Hymenoptera

@thatonecreature.bsky.social Sep 29, 2026, 12:12 PM

I bought this on Saturday whilst at an entomology fair. It's from 1953 and it is now out of print.

#entomology #insects #bugs #bees #hymenoptera

A photo of someone holding an old white book cover. The cover has words written in pencil on it. The words are AES Leaflet No 25 Collecting Bumble Bees by TE POOLE.

A photo of an old stained yellow book page about collecting bumble bees. The page contains information about bumble bees.

@braconidae-ua.bsky.social Sep 27, 2026, 3:11 PM

Records of Aphidiinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) in Chernivtsi Region of Ukraine, with notes on the fauna of the Ukrainian Carpathians.
🇺🇦 New data on aphidiine parasitoid wasps from Ukraine.
doi.org/10.36016/KhE...
#Aphidiinae #Braconidae #Hymenoptera #Ukraine #Entomology

@thatonecreature.bsky.social Sep 27, 2026, 9:16 AM

I found one of my sketchbooks from 2024 and this is one of the pages from it.

#bugart #hymenoptera #insect #entomology #art

A photo of a white sketchbook page with some drawings on it. The drawings are of the heads of two insects. The first drawing is of a wasp with big black eyes, yellow mandibles, antenna that are half yellow and half black and the face is half black at the top and half white at the bottom. There is text beside the wasp head that says Ectemnios cephacotes in big black capital letters.
Beneath the wasp, is a drawing of a black ant head with pinkish red mandibles and small black eyes and long antenna. There is writing done in big black capital letters next to this drawing that says Lasius niger.

@entmorlia-achlabo.bsky.social Sep 26, 2026, 12:24 AM

🎨 New Post: Vigilant Majesty: The Giant Hornet's Stoic Grace
#entomology #hymenoptera #personification #AIArt #Gijinka

👇 View Full Illustration:
https://entmorlia.achlabo.com/en/vigilant-majesty-the-giant-hornets-stoic-grace/

@ajcann.bsky.social Sep 25, 2026, 4:30 PM

#wasps #Hymenoptera

@nottscoleoptera.bsky.social Sep 25, 2026, 4:17 PM

Female Methocha articulata a predator of Tiger beetle larvae. Pitfall trapped from area of restored colliery spoil, Nottinghamshire. #Hymenoptera #Coleoptera #Nottinghamshire #Wasp

@hymenopteranev.bsky.social Sep 25, 2026, 6:39 AM

Goedemorgen, deze hommel slaapt nog 🤫 #wildebijen #hymenoptera Bombus terrestris-complex

@entmorlia-achlabo.bsky.social Sep 25, 2026, 6:25 AM

🎨 New Post: Golden Guardians: The Mighty Carpenter Bee
#entomology #hymenoptera #personification #AIArt #Gijinka

👇 View Full Illustration:
https://entmorlia.achlabo.com/en/golden-guardians-the-mighty-carpenter-bee/

@hymenopteranev.bsky.social Sep 25, 2026, 5:50 AM

Hier zijn een aantal verstandige tips over omgang met Geelpoothoornaars (en andere wespen) - met de kanttekening dat niet elk nest van een wesp weggehaald hoeft te worden. www.naturetoday.com/intl/nl/natu... #hymenoptera #wespen

@ajcann.bsky.social Sep 24, 2026, 8:32 AM

More than meets the eye
A Robin's Pincushion (Bedeguar Gall) isn't just a home for the wasp larvae that caused the gall to form, it is a thriving miniature ecosystem: www.naturespot.org/node/268245
#Wasps #Hymenoptera #Galls #nature