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Our garden in Warminster. We planted for butterflies and bees last year and this is the second year we have had these visit.
A parasitoid wasp of the Pteromalidae seen on the trunk of the garden birch tree. This seems to be the only chalcid that is currently active, hence it was good to see, but Pteromalidae are not an easy family to identify.
Suddenly the garden was full of insects. Too fast, at first, to see what they were and wasn't sure because I had never seen a bee swarm before. By the time I had taken this photo they had begun to settle in the holly tree. The beekeepers who came had a fine old time trying to get them out again!
*provisional identification
A female parasitoid wasp of the Trichogrammatidae family found in birch at the same point as previous post. Am thinking this is probably Chaetostricha doricha but without any certainty. If so, previous post might be male C.doricha. Would appreciate some guidance on this matter if anyone cares to contribute. Additional pictures below can be viewed larger with a click.
Outside our hut in Sihanoukville we had large globe lamps to help us not fall down the large concrete stairs whilst drunk (thank you On The Rocks guesthouse).
For added awesome insects would come and sit on the lamps every night and the creickets would sit on the globes waiting to eat the insects. I think this one is eating a large flying thing with four wings.
a 0.9mm long female Chaetostricha doricha parasitoid wasp of the Trichogrammatidae family found in birch. Additional pictures below, note length of ovipositor.
The 2 middle ones are different from the others but I find them interesting. I agree that doesn't fit "panel rules"
The children painted with worms (rubber); made a squish painting to show the mirror image of what they painted; made a super cute tissue snail and an insect crayon rubbing. The children then explored several sensory stations. Magnets; rings; fidget toys; sensory bins were multi-colored rice with lizards, dinosaur skeleton dig, fresh made play dough. Other sensory tables items included gel spiders, stack wood beads on a stick, counting and picking up numerous insects, and sensory houses.
The children painted with worms (rubber); made a squish painting to show the mirror image of what they painted; made a super cute tissue snail and an insect crayon rubbing. The children then explored several sensory stations. Magnets; rings; fidget toys; sensory bins were multi-colored rice with lizards, dinosaur skeleton dig, fresh made play dough. Other sensory tables items included gel spiders, stack wood beads on a stick, counting and picking up numerous insects, and sensory houses.