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
The most obvious #moth in the four frames from last night was Gastrophora henricaria (#Geometridae) in frame 4. It's not showing its wonderful hindwings in that shot, but here it is from earlier in the night, with a large #ClickBeetle (#Elateridae) that kept hiding under its wings and an #ichneumon #wasp.
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/486559-Gastrophora-henricaria
Gastrophora henricaria, the fallen bark looper, is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is endemic to Australia, more specifically the South-Eastern quarter.... (Source: Wikipedia, '', http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gastrophora_henricaria, CC BY-SA 3.0 . Photo: (c) Donald Hobern, some rights reserved (CC BY))
I've processed another week of #Malaise sample images from last year (2023-02-24 to 2023-03-03).
Small #wasp: #Megaspilidae sp.
Dusty-winged #lacewing: #Coniopterygidae sp.
Elephant #weevil: Orthorhinus cylindrirostris
#Ichneumon wasp: Diaparsis sp.
#entomology #Coleoptera #Hymenoptera #Neuroptera
https://stangeia.hobern.net/araba-bioscan-slam-24-february-to-3-march-2023/
Some sort of #Ichneumon #wasp in the #ForestGarden, stunning
Four more insects from the #Malaise trap, Canberra, ACT, 26 August to 2 September 2022
1. #Ichneumoninae sp. - I'll key out at least the genus soon.
2. #Orthocentrus sp. (#Ichneumonidae) - probably the commonest #ichneumon #wasp (or set of externally similar species) in my garden
3. #Pentacladus eucalypti (a #BarkLouse #Elipsocidae)
4. #Lamiinae sp. (a #LonghornBeetle #Cerambycidae) - I always find these harder to identify than I would expect
Frank Jäger
Donald Hobern
Brighton Wildlife
Mary C Legg
Jake Rayson
Arielle
Mr. C