Four (parasitic) #wasps (#Hymenoptera) from a SLAM #Malaise sample in #Canberra #Australia over the last three weeks. Natural areas everywhere are (or should be) full of beautiful #insects like these, all just going about their business.

A #FairyWasp in the genus #Mymar - the first I have seen here in the nominate genus - see how tiny this #insect is.

An #ichneumon wasp (#Ichneumonidae) in the subfamily #Campopleginae - probably possible to get this one to genus, but most Australian species are unnamed.

#Vosleria australia (or at least that's the only named Australian species in the genus) - family #Encyrtidae

#Anastatus, unknown species - family #Eupelmidae

#biodiversity #entomology

Such a stylish little Encyrtus wasp. Photographed at UT Austin's amazing Brackenridge Field Lab.

#Encyrtidae #Wasps #Wasplove #Insects #Hymenoptera

A little Encyrtus wasp at Brackenridge Field Lab in Austin.

#Encyrtidae #Insects #Hymenoptera #Wasps

A selection of #insects from the #SLAM #Malaise trap I run in #Canberra for the week 3-10 February 2023.

#Fly: Austrotephritis pumila #Diptera #Tephritidae

Darwin #wasp: Anacis sp. female #Hymenoptera #Ichneumonidae

Click #beetle: Conoderus sp. (probably C. exsul)

Small wasp: #Encyrtidae sp.

https://stangeia.hobern.net/araba-bioscan-slam-3-10-february-2023/

https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations?user_id=dhobern&on=2023-02-10&place_id=any&verifiable=any

#Entomology #Coleoptera #Elateridae #Hymenoptera #Ichneumonidae #Encyrtidae