Okay, I put off watching the latest ZeFrank video because it seemed to be about honeybees, which are boring (sorry bee people), but it's actually an amazing journey through geometry, evo-devo, the other, cooler Hymenoptera such as wasps, solitary bees, and ants, the evolution of eusociality, "stigmergy" (a new one for me), and more!
#bugstodon #entomology #insects #bees #wasps #ants #EvolutionaryBiology #EvoBio #EvoDevo #Hymenoptera #Anthophila #Formicidae
This sweet little leaf cutter bee has made their home in a large peice of dead wood that's left in the natural backyard 💕 🐝
Suburban Ontario 🇨🇦
#NaturalBackyard #OntarioNativePlants #Bees #Hymenoptera #BeesOfOntario
Big Beautiful Bald Faced Hornet harvesting wood pulp for her nest. Not a true hornet, she's the largest of our native yellow jackets at close to an inch long.
Lots of posts and railings made of washed up wood collected from the harbour provide resources for various Hymenoptera species in the garden.
Being calm and patient allowed me to capture these photos from about 2 inches away from her with a phone.
Ontario 🇨🇦
Dolichovespula maculata
The #FieldNaturalists Association of #Canberra has uploaded a video to YouTube of my May talk, Exploring Local Biodiversity with a Malaise Trap:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z18kSjIslxE
It includes lots of interesting #insects found in my garden and thoughts on undescribed #biodiversity.
#entomology #Australia #wasps #Hymenoptera #moths #Lepidoptera
The young Eastern redbud tree (_Cercis canadensis_) in the co-op garden is blooming! Today I saw winter ants (_Prenolepis imparis_) feeding from the flowers, regular-sized ants climbing up the trunk, ants replete with nectar climbing down.
Twin-spotted Rhogogaster (Rhogogaster punctulata)
#Sawfly #Symphyta #Hymenoptera #ArtWithOpenSource #Darktable #CCBYSA #Insect #Insects #Arthropod #Arthropods #Animal #Animals #Wildlife #WildlifePhotography #Nature #NaturePhotography #Photo #Photography
New wings, same as the old wings, and published to #setzkasten:
https://setzkasten.relet.net/#?aglaostigma
Finally I get to start a new scan, but some of the structures are just so worth it. And I noticed I don't have that many wasps on the page yet.
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