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Genus EurytomaObserver
cholmesphotoDescription
A female eurytomid wasp (Eurytoma sp.) explores the side of a dead tree. Approx. 3-4mm.
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Genus TorymusObserver
frank-deschandolDescription
Chalcid wasps (Torymus sp. ?), they are tiny, about 3mm long. They were gathering on leaves, by night but by day as well. On some pictures, you can also spot another species of wasp, a reddish one (Eulophidae ?). It seems to harass the group for an unknown reason...
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Tessellated Water Snake (Natrix tessellata)Observer
dilaraarslanDescription
Not sure with date.
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Tawny Owl (Strix aluco)Observer
soenkebondeDescription
Juvenile fallen from nest. Looked after at the moment, but will be set free as soon as it can fly.
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Genus IdrisObserver
roythedivebroDescription
These wasps were found all over the egg sac of this spitting spider, dozens in number. Presumably they're parasitic and hatched from the spider's parasitised eggs?
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Family EncyrtidaeObserver
kim_flemingDescription
Coreid egg parasitized by what looks like an Encyrtid wasp.
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Bootanomyia dumicolaObserver
wildhamandpetershamDescription
Beaten from Oak (Quercus sp) next to Turkey Oak (Q.cerris)
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Notolioon gemmatusObserver
simongroveDescription
Moss-beetle Notolioon gemmatus, Franklin River walk, Tasmania, January 2020
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Pauesia nigrovariaObserver
maria_zhulanovDescription
Larva of Pauesia nigrovaria inside a mummy of GWA
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Drumming Sword Wolf Spider (Gladicosa gulosa)Observer
jmoleDescription
Crawling around in leaf litter making a buzzy sound by drumming rapidly on the dry leaves with their palps. Habitat - sandy, dry soils at the edge of a small pond. Observations of two other nearby individuals performing the same drumming behavior: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/71775913 and https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/71775912
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Genus ClosterocerusObserver
wildhamandpetershamDescription
Beaten from Oak (Quercus sp)
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Observer
melissadilaraDescription
this one is pretty clever and handy :) it has shiny redish brown color, perfect 1 cm diameter carved hole with a perfect door. if door moves it checks it and if there is nothing, perfectly placing the door back and it covers so perfect that cant be detected. i think it is a spider but couldnt be sure because it is shy.
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Common Hover Fly Parasitoid Wasp (Diplazon laetatorius)Observer
botswanabugsDescription
reared from a larva and pupa that I thought was a hoverfly sp !
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/67246428
I am not sure when the adult emerged since I didnt look at the rearing tube for a while. Sometime betwee 2-1-21 and 6-1-21
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Honduran White Bat (Ectophylla alba)Observer
svaldvardDescription
PCMNicaragua
Diversidad Nica
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Honduran White Bat (Ectophylla alba)Observer
kucycadsDescription
Caught mist netting
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European Paper Wasp (Polistes dominula)Observer
wenatcheebDescription
Unusual choice of nesting site--a glass ball that broke at the base, allowing egress. Good sized nest.
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drkilmerDescription
(Euperilampus triangularis) Myersville, Frederick County, Maryland. August 24, 2014.
bugguide.net/node/view/1150527#2012396
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Tribe PteromaliniObserver
ceruleanarcDescription
Appeared to be ovipositing on the seed pod. It spent several seconds with its abdomen tip pressed against the pod (Sphaeralcea ambigua).
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Leucospis affinisObserver
maizDescription
These are stills (rotated 90° clockwise) from a video showing the ovipositor coming out of its sheath and going into a piece of wood for egg laying. I have more angles of this wasp (or a similar one) that I saw in the same location yesterday: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/56695516
The location of this egg laying is on the side of a piece of wood just centimeters from where I made this observation three months earlier: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/46284368
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austin_bakerDescription
This is Eutrichosoma mirabile, a parasitoid of seed-feeding weevil larvae. I'm uploading this as a reference because I'm hoping to get a better sense of their distribution from more observations. Sunflowers and acacia are among their known host plants.
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Genus HeriaeusObserver
trcarlisleDescription
I've been puzzling over the appendages and to my inexpert eye it seems this animal has three pairs of legs with the first pair longest and a pair of well-developed pedipalps. I don't see any evidence of legs having been amputated and there doesn't look like there's room for another pair of limbs to be attached. Then, segmentation of both major body parts seems unusually pronounced, and eyes seem to be tiny or hidden. All this points away from spiders and towards ricinuleids.
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Zigzag Elm Fusehorn (Aproceros leucopoda)Observer
karsten_sDescription
host plant: Ulmus minor
pics 1&2 specimen 1, pics 3&4 specimen 2
pic 5 specimen 1, 30 h later
pics 6&7 7 days later
pics 8-11 14 days later (hatched the day before)
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Asaphes vulgarisObserver
stephen_thorpeDescription
Locality: NEW ZEALAND AK, suburb of Saint Johns, University of Auckland Tamaki Campus.
Habitat: On cultivated brassicas in planter box (vege garden).
Identification: Asaphes vulgaris Walker, 1834. Female.
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Blue-eyed Ensign Wasp (Evania appendigaster)Observer
trcarlisleDescription
A number of these have been patrolling walls at this location, using their antennae a lot. I saw one locate a spider (possibly lycosid) in a crevice. The spider appeared to escape by running at top speed to another nearby hiding place.
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Long-tailed Giant Ichneumonid Wasp (Megarhyssa macrurus ssp. macrurus)Observer
cholmesphotoDescription
A female Giant Ichneumon wasp (Megarhyssa macrurus) oviposits into the side of a tree.
I was honored to have this observation selected as observation of the day for June 11, 2020, and again as observation of the week (week of June 21, 2020). It is covered in this blog post: A Trip to Texas Provides a Long Sought Photographic Opportunity - Observation of the Week, 6/21/20.
