Nicht nur #Bienen: Was #Mücken, #Fliegen und #Wespen für uns tun –

Eine Meta-Studie, in der 39 internationale Studien zusammengefasst wurden, fand noch mehr heraus: Zwischen 25 und 50 Prozent aller #Blütenbesuche werden nicht von Bienen erbracht, sondern von anderen #Insekten: #Fliegen, #Käfern, #Ameisen, #Motten und #Schmetterlingen. Eine weitere Studie der TU München bestätigt die Wichtigkeit dieser "Nicht-#Bienen"-Bestäuber.
https://www.dw.com/de/nicht-nur-bienen-was-m%C3%BCcken-fliegen-und-wespen-f%C3%BCr-uns-tun/a-69438535
#Wildbienen #Honigbienen #Bienen #Hummel #hymenoptera #biodiversität #artenschutz #Artenvielfalt #landwirtschaft

Western Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) and Tree Mallow (Malva arborea)

#NewSpecies!
New cuckoo wasp from #india just cuckooed:

Chrysis cataka

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/133587CD-FF98-7374-FF6E-4E57FC42FC04
Publication: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14681819
#LinzerBiologischeBeiträge #ChrysisCataka

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #invertebrates #entomology #insects #hymenoptera #wasps #cockoo #cuckoowasps

Emphytus sp.

Snapped last August, Loire Atlantique, France

Published under #CC0 here https://flic.kr/p/2qpcrLp

#Hymenoptera #Macro #Pentax #nature
#photography #insect #wildlife #mywork #Sawfly

A Potter Wasp, Phimenes flavopictus, spotted at Ulu Sembawang Park Connector, Singapore on 24 Nov 2024. A small, common wasp, belonging to a family of wasps that make nests out of mud that resemble small pots.

On iNaturalist [ https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/254289624 ].

Messor bouvieri

Megachile centuncularis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Snapped last June, Ardennes, France.

Published under #CC0 here https://flic.kr/p/2q8JaV9

#Hymenoptera #Macro #Pentax #nature
#photography #insect #wildlife #mywork #bee

A sign of spring

Northern Paper Wasp (Polistes fuscatus)

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/264752274

Bumblebee queen, Bombus terrestris, on a crocus flower, and covered in bright yellow pollen. About 4 to 5 cm. There were at least two individuals this afternoon. The buzzing of these gentle giants introduces Spring for me here in Pembroke college gardens, Cambridge, UK.

http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/263385917

#NewSpecies!
New parasitoid wasp from #canada just flew in:

Perilampus seneca

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/8E7FAE03-F132-58F1-915F-E83B028645EE
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/jhr.97.133255
#HymenopteraJour #PerilampusSeneca

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #invertebrates #entomology #insects #hymenoptera #wasps #parasitoidwasps #parasite

A Thread-waisted Wasp, Chlorion lobatum, spotted at Coney Island, Singapore on 10 Nov 2024. A parasitic wasp with a metallic blue body, this one was moving through the undergrowth, looking out for grasshoppers, crickets or katydids.

On iNaturalist [ https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/251144599 ].

Here is an excellent high quality and factual *new* video on the evolution of ants from the generically named "Ants Documentary" channel.

I was worried it'd be AI slop, but it's not. although they could do better image and video attribution IMO. But, it's just some ant fan going off so I'm not mad. #antvideos #ants #youTube #Hymenoptera

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAo0dqOHnmU

A Scollid Wasp, Liacos erythrosoma, spotted at Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, Singapore on 2 Nov 2024. I'm told that this is common in the SE Asian region. Even so, this is the first iNat observation of it in Singapore, which makes me happy I got shots of it.

On iNaturalist [ https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/250259786 ].

A tiny Trissolcus parasitoid wasp lurks among a clutch of stink bug eggs. Mindo, Ecuador. #Hymenoptera #Insects #Biology #Scelionidae

Have some #wasps. (Filandia, Colombia today) #hymenoptera #iNaturalist www.inaturalist.org/observations...

@futurebird

"...conspicuous spots are more likely to evolve in forest-dwelling species and in areas with more canopy cover, whereas species inhabiting open areas and deserts tend to lose them... taxa with conspicuous spots transition between open and forested habitats less often... We suggest that spots in velvet ants require complex visual environments to be effective... In simpler environments, carrying conspicuous spots could be costly..."

#ants
#hymenoptera

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ece3.70896?af=R

Una femella de Ancistrocerus biphaleratus acaba de localitzar una eruga, un cop paralitzada amb el seu fibló la transporta al seu niu. Després d'emmagatzemar un nombre suficient d'erugues, la vespa pon un ou al niu i el tanca. La larva de la vespa s'alimenta de les erugues paralitzades, que romanen vives però immòbils fins que són consumides.

#Cuckoowasps (#Chrysididae) always have a close relationship with other insects, mostly other #Hymenoptera, they can be brood parisites, which kill the host larva but mostly feeding their #foodsupply. They can also be #parasitoids that feed on older larvae or pupae. I previously identified the species shown as #Hedychrum #rutilans, but it may be H. #gerstaeckeri, the #hosts would then be: #Cerceris rybyensis and C. ruficornis. #biodiversity
© #StefanFWirth #Berlin 2020, new edit & text 2025