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@birdzandbees.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 12:14 PM

WWW. Weevil Wolf Wasp
Belonging to the same group as Beewolves but instead of bees they hunt and paralyse weevils and other beetles to feed their larvae.
Nikon Z9 + Sigma 150mm
SS1/3200 F8 ISO3200
#wasps #insect #prey #hunter #entomology

@timber-n-tectonics.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 11:31 AM

Australian paper wasp

#insects #wasps #photography

@jgryboski.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 12:54 AM

Northern paper wasp (Polistes fuscatus) on goldenrod

Samuel Myers Park, Racine, WI

#insects #wasps #wildflowers #nativeplants #wisconsin

@prettybaddad.com Oct 8, 2026, 5:25 PM

Any entomologists around?

I think this is a Great Black Wasp (Sphex pensylvanicus), but someone on iNat insisted it's a Lyroda triloba (I can maybe see a subita). It's preying on a cricket here. Any thoughts?

#entomology #wasps #insects #inat #lyroda #kansas #wasp #entomologist

@garybugsyou.bsky.social Oct 8, 2026, 8:43 AM

Warning: sharing offices with entomologists can taint childhoods @smnstuttgart.bsky.social

#bugsky #museum #wasps

Very hungry Caterpillar parody reading "but the wasp larvae were even hungrier"

@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.

@coprolite9000.pixelfed.hylobatidae.org Oct 7, 2026, 1:56 PM

If you're thinking - wasn't #bienstag yesterday? Well, it's #waspWednesday and this clearly isn't a photo of a bumblebee, it's a photo of a really tiny wasp perched on a petal at top. The bee's just there for scale. #Derbyshire, October 2026.

#insects #bees #wasps #macrophotography

Close-up of a red and purple fuchsia flower hanging downwards, with a blonde, fluffy bumblebee burying its head in the purple bell of the flower, forelegs grasping it tightly, rear legs with tightly packed masses of yellow pollen. On one of the splayed-out red petals at top, a tiny bronze wasp sits in the autumnal sunshine.

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

Trichomalus spp.
At least 30 UK species.

#Wasps #Hymenoptera #VC55 #Pteromalidae

@dicenbuttons.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy Oct 6, 2026, 5:45 PM

[A wasp. The non-anglo-saxon kind.]

We interrupt your regularly scheduled broadcast to bring you this clip of a wasp eating a thingy.

#bugs #insects #wasps #hornets #yellowjackets #awalkaday

May contain graphic violence

@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

@korbelrenokia.bsky.social Oct 1, 2026, 3:42 AM

#Bees #Wasps

@davidvyancey.bsky.social Oct 1, 2026, 1:39 AM

I came across this giant badass #Tarantula_Hawk_Wasp dragging a thrice as big #Tarantula across my yard, totally living up to its name.

youtube.com/shorts/jRvlM...

#nature #spiders #wasps #insects #arachnids

@coprolite9000.pixelfed.hylobatidae.org Sep 30, 2026, 9:20 PM

For #waspWednesday - from August, an adorable Isodontia elegans, elegant grass-carrying wasp at #Seattle's #waspHeaven in #VolunteerPark, with her (or one of her sisters) building a nest for her babies with the dried grass, between the bricks of the water tower...

#insects #wasps #macrophotography

Slender, brown-yellow wasp with translucent brown wings, on unfurling yellow-green leaves - gleaming black eyes looking towards the camera, long segmented antennae downwards and together.

Similar wasp, from the side and rear showing thread-like waist and striped yellow-red-black teardrop-shaped abdomen, packing strands of pale dry grass into a gap between dark bricks.

@nigelpuppy.bsky.social Sep 30, 2026, 3:37 PM

mexican grass-carrying wasp watching carefully [2024] Isodontia mexicana
#invertebrates #wasps

@tinchapel.bsky.social Sep 29, 2026, 8:21 PM

Thanks to all those that attended our Great British Wasp Count this afternoon. I have spoken to Glyn's wife and am told he is being made comfortable and bearing up well under the circumstances. www.tinchapel.com/services/pre... Regards, Geoff #wasps #prayforglyn #greatbritishwaspcount