A super tiny parasitoid wasp investigating some possible host scale insects.
#nature #Photography #Wasp #Insects #Parasitoid #Chalcid #SriLanka #InsectInteraction
A super tiny parasitoid wasp investigating some possible host scale insects.
#nature #Photography #Wasp #Insects #Parasitoid #Chalcid #SriLanka #InsectInteraction
#TwitTV Podcasts (Available via apps, YouTube or website) β #HandsOnTech #257: https://youtu.be/24qOIE7ro9Y?si=2nHrrGeG1RSDL8v7
#RidiculousRock #RecordReviews Podcast - Episode 403 - #SammyHagar - Standing Hampton: https://podbay.fm/p/ridiculous-rock-record-reviews/e/1772445600
The #EddieTrunk Podcast - Interview with #WASP frontman #BlackieLawless: https://podbay.fm/p/the-eddie-trunk-podcast/e/1772686800
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A relaxing slo-mo video of wasp 'airport' for #SilentSunday. Notice that arrivals and departures are from different gates. #wasp #insects #backyardNature

"Radioactive wasp nest" on the March apocalyptic Bingo card anyone?
#demon_pocalypse #apocalypse #nuclear #radioactive #wasp #bingo

Workers at a South Carolina site that once made nuclear bomb parts have found a radioactive wasp nest. Officials say there's no danger to anyone. Employees checking radiation levels at the Savannah River Site near Aiken found the nest on July 3. It was near tanks storing liquid nuclear waste. The nest had radiation levels 10 times above federal limits. Workers sprayed it with insect killer and disposed of it as radioactive waste. No wasps were found. Officials say the nest was likely contaminated from residual radioactivity. Watchdog group Savannah River Site Watch criticized the report for lacking details on the contamination source.
Northern Paper Wasp (Polistes fuscatus)
The first wasp this season to land on our balcony.
#NorthernPaperWasp #Wasp #Insect #Insects #Arthropods #Animal #Animals #Wildlife #Nature #Photography #NaturePhotography #iNaturalist #Tulsa #Oklahoma
I'm a little surprised by this 1919 description of a parasitic #wasp (#Hymenoptera #Ichneumonidae), the only described species from #Australia in a genus that includes dozens of #species.
The opening #Latin section gives rich detail on coloration and markings. The #English section describes morphology but has nothing about coloration. I would have expected the Latin to document a subset of the English, not to be fully complementary.
Is this normal for some taxa?