#wasps

[apsciencebydan]

Reminder that fairy wasps can sometimes look like actual humanoid fairies when they hover

#nature #animals #bugblr #photography #science #invertebrates #entomology #wasps #Fae #faerie

[futurebird]

Wasps so tiny you will question everything.

Imagine being so teeny tiny that you are an endoparasite on *leafhoppers* Leafhoppers are already in the "so small they go unnoticed" category, and you're just a little pest on a minuscule thing.

Of course the group that's most likely to choose this life? The wasps Wasps are some of the smallest insects. There are "fairy flies" that are parasites of the eggs of certain insects.

They are so small that air is "thick" to them and their wings have feathered edges are are oar shaped.

Some fairly flies are so tiny that their neurons are cells without nuclei. They got rid of them to save space. They can still think though... presumably the tiniest little thoughts.

Photo by Alexey Polilov, 2012

They lay their eggs inside of the eggs of 1-2mm long crop pests.

And... read the article to see what the males are like... they are even smaller somehow, but it's ... disturbing.

#tiny #too tiny #so smol #smol #hymenoptera #wasp #wasps #fairycore #fairy flies #Megaphragma mymaripenne #Megaphragma #little #bug #bugblr #cute bugs #arthropods #insects #invertebrates

[spiderdaynightlive]

"oh hey what the hell"

bathroom's closed; wasp photoshoot

"what"

*reviewing my settings and lowering ISO* bathroom's closed. wasp photoshoot.

#look yes i do prefer out in nature shots but sometimes the wasps dont want to come out of the spiky spiky trees #invertebrate shitposting #macro photography #wasps #bugs #now this is the real IECC experience

[morbidsmenagerie]

Finally got the full color version of my wasp zine printed!

Here's the full docx file if you want to read it!

#invertebrates #invertiblr #inverts #invert #bugblr #wasp #wasps #hymenoptera #zine #entomology

[rebeccathenaturalist]

Okay, so this is really cool! You have this phenomenon where some plants grow edible appendages to their seeds to entice ants to carry them underground where they can safely sprout. And then you have wasps which lay their eggs on the leaves, stems, and other parts of plants and trigger the growth of galls (swellings) which both feed and protect the wasp larvae until they reach maturity.

The boy who was watching the ants noticed they were taking wasp galls underground, too. Further exploration found that the wasp larvae were unharmed inside the galls; the only thing the ants had eaten were edible appendages similar to those on the seeds they collected. The wasp larvae stayed safe inside the ant nest, feeding on their galls, until it was time to emerge and head back out to the surface.

So it turns out that the edible portions of the galls have the same sorts of fatty acids as the edible parts of the seeds. And those fatty acids are also found in dead insects. Scientists think that the wasps evolved a way to make the galls they created mimic the edible portions of the seeds to get the ants to collect the galls. This isn't the only example of wasps making use of ants as caretakers for their young, but it's a really fascinating example thereof--especially if you consider ants evolved from wasps at least 100 million years ago.

#wasps #ants #plants #galls #oak galls #insects #invertebrates #Hymenoptera #ecology #bugs #animals #wildlife #nature #trees #entomology #science #natural science #evolution #animal behavior

[bug-maniac]

I saw this posted on reddit to a wholesome memes sub, and it was full of nothing but people being unnecessarily awful on a post trying to spread information about why these creatures are beautiful and worthy of living. (Interesting note: They don't need a reason to be allowed to live.) I got sick of trying to correct people on there who were more interested in hating wasps than hearing the truth.

Honestly, it's just exhausting sometimes.

Source: @shencomix - Thanks for helping to spread the word, buddy.

NO ANTI-WASP SENTIMENTS ON THIS POST

#bugblr #wasps #wasp propaganda #i saw someone calling them 'fascist authoritarian bees' and I was just ??????????

[platycryptus]

this mud dauber wasp (Sceliphron caementarium) seemed distressed about something in her clay nest. Turns out it had been commandeered by a keyhole wasp (Pachodynerus nasidens), who was now aggressively asserting ownership

keyhole wasps, which hunt weevils and other small beetles, will opportunistically nest in any sort of small cavity (such as a keyhole). The existing literature on this species doesn’t say anything about taking over other wasp‘s nests, only that they sometimes refurbish abandoned nests, but I guess this one didn’t get the memo.

This isn't the worst of their mischief though- they also have a habit of building nests that clog up the airspeed measuring instruments in planes and have caused several fatal crashes.

(Florida, 10/6/21)

#hymenoptera #wasps #mud dauber #keyhole wasp #eumeninae #vespidae #sceliphron caementarium #pachodynerus nasidens #bugs #bugblr #insects #biology #entomology

[ljsbugblog]

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.

#ljsbugblog #bugblr #entomology #macro #insects #hymenoptera #aculeata #wasps #pompilidae #spider wasps #fabriogenia #vespidae #potter wasps #eumeninae #paralastor #crabronidae #crabroninae #square-headed wasps #pison #sphecidae #thread-waisted wasps #sceliphron #slender mud-dauber wasps #sceliphron formosum #vase-cell mud-dauber wasp #polistes #paper wasps #polistes humilis #australian paper wasp

[jupiterswasphouse]

Ohhhhh baybey IT'S-

#wasp wednesday #wasps #wasp #hymenoptera #bugblr #Wasp House Buzzing

[creatureimages]

anti-wasp sentiment is going to turn me into the joker. "oh i hate wasps >:(((((((( but i love bees!!!!!" L + ratio + bees are wasps + name more five species of bee + honeybees are an ecological nightmare even within their native range + the overwhelming majority of wasps are non-stinging parasitoids + the majority of insects might be non-stinging parasitoid wasps? any hymenopterologists/coleopterologists/biostatisticians know how realistic this paper is? (https://doi.org/10.1186/s12898-018-0176-x) + have you ever actually been stung by a wasp?

anyway heres a whimsical ichneumonid

#wasps #insecta #hymenoptera #apocrita #anthophilia #ichneumonidae #if wasps have a million fans i am one if wasps have one fan i am that fan if wasps have no fans i am dead if the world is against wasps i a

[addicted2wasps]

Drawing of the day: Megarhyssa greenei. Bonus mini collage of my favourite non-cartoon wasp drawings. I plan on adding more as I go along. For now, this is only a sample. Drawing wasps is keeping me sane during these dark times. Which one is your favourite?

#hymenoptera #insect #entomology #wasp #wasps #apocrita #aculeata #vespoidea #vespidae #vespinae #Vespulaintermedia #Ichneumonoidea #Ichneumonidae #Rhyssinae #Megarhyssagreenei #Apoidea #Sphecidae #Sphexlatreillei #Chrysidoidea #Chrysididae #Chrysidinae #Chrysisequestris #illustration #traditionalart

[apsciencebydan]

Any artists who like creating creatures and need inspiration from time to time, please feel free to peruse my bugs! I would be delighted.

For the record, encyrtid wasps are perfect creatures, and you may not have heard of them, because they're tiny, and wasps. But LOOK 🖤

Encyrtids are important biocontrol agents, pretty much always tiny (biggest one I've found is a few millimeters long), and the most ridiculous, goofy, gorgeous, harmless things. I will get people to love them.

#nature #animals #bugblr #photography #science #entomology #invertebrates #wasps #encyrtidae #invertefest #nuggets

[lost-carcosa]

#bees #wasps

[cicadaghost]

her name is yellowjacket and she is my friend

(this is a pro-wasp post, do not be mean in the notes)

#wasps #bugs #insects #bugblr #blockbench #i wanna animate this one but posting it as is first #thinking about wasps. i love them so much #i'm blowing every wasp a kiss

[woodlnds]

Wasp-posting-wednesday!!

Ever heard a wasp tantrum before?

She (a great golden digger wasp, sphex ichneumoneus) was trying to dig a hole for her offspring, but the blades of dead grass were getting in her way. So while trying to grip and tear them out, she was buzzing and huffing which made it look as if she was having a tantrum. Pretty funny and cute. Turn up your volume to hear her squeak!

#wasp-posting-wednesday #sphex ichneumoneus #great golden digger wasp #wasps #hymenoptera #bugblr #insects #entomology #bugs #goblincore #animals

[strawberry-crocodile]

tweeting “wasps aren’t evil or assholes they’re just animals with clear behavioral patterns that you can learn and accommodate for” and putting my phone on vibrate

#dalucaray #wasps #animal welfare