pipunculidae

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@clusterkriff submitted: Found these big babies inside a rotten log in [removed] in January of this year. Pls don’t post location.  After viewing, they were placed back in their log!

These precious large-headed children are jewel beetle larvae in the family Buprestidae! Couldn’t say which species at this stage, though.

#ohhh so goofy! #coleoptera #buprestidae

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Lytta sublaevis (Meloidae)

Carrizo Plain National Monument, 2019

#fat thing #coleoptera #meloidae #lytta #lytta sublaevis

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just for fun, a compilation of every wasp species I've seen drink from the pond so far.

Spider Wasp, genus Fabriogenia.

Potter Wasp, subfamily Eumeninae.

Potter Wasp, genus Paralastor.

Square-headed Wasp, subfamily Crabroninae.

Vase-cell Mud-dauber Wasp, Sceliphron formosum.

Square-headed Wasp, genus Pison.

Australian Paper Wasp, Polistes humilis.

#oh really fucking good. sippy #hymenoptera #pompilidae #vespidae #paralastor #sceliphron #sceliphrom formosum #pison #polistes #polistes humilis

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unequivocally the best thing about having a garden is waking up to a couple good ass squash bees snoozing in a zucchini blossom.

Peponapis pruinosa

#pepo… #hymenoptera #peponapis #peponapis pruinosa

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having fun at my new job

#yesss #hymenoptera

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try it i fucking dare you

#heheheheheheheheh #neuroptera #myrmeleontidae

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she be like “aw tysm” and I be like “who told you? anyway, this is why the order hymenoptera (bees/wasps/ants) likely has more species compared to the order coleoptera (beetles) despite decades of us thinking beetles had the most for the past decades if not hundreds of years…”

#reblogged this to main but will reblog here as well #good post #hymenoptera

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Robber flies in the genus Maira

Found in Southeast Asia and down into Australia and the Pacific Islands

Photo 1 by ahmuvan, 2 by budak, 3 by gancw1, 4 by orthoptera-jp, 5 by ytw, and 6 by themufflab

#WOW. GOOD #diptera #asilidae #maira

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She's done! Dasymutilla flammifera.

#OH MY GODDDDD #art #hymenoptera #mutillidae #dasymutilla #dasymutilla flammifera

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Not A Cat

(Cuterebra buccata, a gorgeous botfly which apparently parasitizes bunnies? So large I thought she was a cicada when I first sighted her!)

One can see how I initially took her for a cicada:

As always, if you're thinking about dropping a comment here which is hating on bugs, move along or get blocked.

#i love you botflies.. #diptera #oestridae #cuterebra #cuterebra buccata

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the feeling of being pestered by flies is universal for land-living animals. this Tenodera sinensis was finishing up her honeybee meal, whose strong flowery aroma brought over a milichiid fly, a kleptoparasite that steal sips of prey that other insects have caught. this behavior has earned them the common name of “freeloader flies.”

interestingly, honeybee scents seem to be strongly attractive to local milichiids despite Apis not being native to the area. watching a spider or mantis devour its honeybee prey is a good way to catch a glimpse of these otherwise elusive flies!

#cool!! #mantodea #mantidae #tenodera #tenodera sinensis #diptera #milichiidae

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Polistes dominula with a sugary snack! She's very yellow, never seen one with a solid yellow clypeus.

#so cute!!!! #hymeoptera #vespidae #polistes #polistes dominula

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haven't seen a Tangleveined fly in so long! I've been wanting to see one again and finally get some proper pretty macros of it, they're so fluffy and beautiful <3

Unknown Tangleveined Fly (family Nemestrinidae, subfamily Atriadopinae).

#ohhhhhh #diptera #nemestrinidae

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what you need today is a video of Curculio nut weevil taking off from my hand

#SO FUCKING COOL #diptera #coleoptera #curculionidae #curculio #sarcophagidae

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PIP SPOTTED

#diptera #pipunculidae #bugblr #bugs #insects #been working through a sample for the past month IDing to family #paloss camera

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I love how even the most miniscule of wasps still have the "must meticulously groom the antennae" programming. Allow these silly nuggets to demonstrate

#ITS VERY GOOD #hymenoptera

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https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/cla.12006

Galearia sp. is probably one the most ridiculous looking Eucharitid wasps I've ever seen. It is also a favourite. It looks like a weird spaceship or something. The first image is my drawing, the second image is a reference photo from the above provided link. Galearia (i) is pictured at the bottom left.

#yes !!! yes #hymenoptera #eucharitidae #art #galearia #eucharitids are ridiculous