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Para otros usos de este término, véase Avispa (desambiguación).
Symbol question.svg Avispa
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Avispa (Vespula sp.)
Taxonomía
Reino:Animalia
Filo:Arthropoda
Clase:Insecta
Orden:Hymenoptera
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El término avispa se aplica de diversas maneras a distintos taxones de insectos del orden Hymenoptera. La definición más extensa es la que considera avispa a todo himenóptero no clasificado como hormiga o abeja.1 Más estricta es la definición de la RAE, según la cual «avispa» es el insecto himenóptero de tamaño moderado (1-1,5 cm), de color amarillo con bandas negras, dotado de aguijón venenoso y que vive en sociedad.2 La alusión al comportamiento social puede hacer esta definición excesivamente limitada respecto al uso común del término, ya que usualmente se emplea basándose únicamente en la apariencia y sin distinguir el comportamiento social. La definición taxonómicamente más ajustada se refiere a los insectos de la familia Vespidae.
Términos derivados usualmente empleados son «avispilla» y «avispón». El primero se emplea para los himenópteros de pequeño tamaño (excluidas las hormigas), mientras que el segundo se aplica a los de gran tamaño (principalmente al género Vespa, y más concretamente a Vespa crabro).
Ecología
Endoparasitoide Cotesia congregata saliendo del capullo después de haber parasitado internamente a la oruga de Manduca sexta
La inmensa mayoría de las avispas son parásitos (o más bien parasitoides) o predadoras. Esto les confiere un papel determinante en la ecología de sus biotopos, y ha propiciado su empleo en el control biológico de plagas. Algunas avispas tienen un papel polinizador que puede llegar a ser muy específico, como en el caso de la higuera, cuyas flores son fertilizadas por la avispa de los higos
The insect's flight path can be wirelessly controlled via a neural implant.
The Army's Remote-Controlled Beetle:
"A giant flower beetle with implanted electrodes and a radio receiver on its back can be wirelessly controlled, according to research presented this week. Scientists at the University of California developed a tiny rig that receives control signals from a nearby computer. Electrical signals delivered via the electrodes command the insect to take off, turn left or right, or hover in midflight. The research, funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), could one day be used for surveillance purposes or for search-and-rescue missions.
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The beetle's payload consists of an off-the-shelf microprocessor, a radio receiver, and a battery attached to a custom-printed circuit board, along with six electrodes implanted into the animals' optic lobes and flight muscles. Flight commands are wirelessly sent to the beetle via a radio-frequency transmitter that's controlled by a nearby laptop. Oscillating electrical pulses delivered to the beetle's optic lobes trigger takeoff, while a single short pulse ceases flight. Signals sent to the left or right basilar flight muscles make the animal turn right or left, respectively."
I love living in the future, it's just. so. neat!
See also: Growing neural implants, first successful robot fly.
A 0.3mm long female Alaptus minimus parasitoid wasp of the Mymaridae family found in the garden. Additional pictures below. Note the 'hook-like' projection on lower edge of forewing, and line of 12setae on disc of forewing above the median line, and 2nd funicle segment is 4x as long as wide.
Bumblebees are social insects which form colonies with a single queen. Colonies are smaller than those of honeybees, growing to as few as 50 individuals in a nest. Female bumblebees can sting repeatedly, but generally ignore humans and other animals. Cuckoo bumblebees do not make nests; their queens aggressively invade the nests of other bumblebee species, kill the resident queens and then lay their own eggs which are cared for by the resident workers.
Bumblebees have round bodies covered in soft hair (long, branched setae), called pile, making them appear and feel fuzzy. They have aposematic (warning) coloration, often consisting of contrasting bands of colour, and different species of bumblebee in a region often resemble each other in mutually protective Mullerian mimicry. Harmless insects such as hoverflies often derive protection from resembling bumblebees, in Batesian mimicry, and may be confused with them. Nest-making bumblebees can be distinguished from similarly large, fuzzy cuckoo bees by the form of the female hind leg. In nesting bumblebees, it is modified to form a pollen basket, a bare shiny area surrounded by a fringe of hairs used to transport pollen, whereas in cuckoo bees, the hind leg is hairy all round, and pollen grains are wedged among the hairs for transport.
Like their relatives the honeybees, bumblebees feed on nectar, using their long hairy tongues to lap up the liquid; the proboscis is folded under the head during flight. Bumblebees gather nectar to add to the stores in the nest, and pollen to feed their young. They forage using colour and spatial relationships to identify flowers to feed from. Some bumblebees rob nectar, making a hole near the base of a flower to access the nectar while avoiding pollen transfer. Bumblebees are important agricultural pollinators, so their decline in Europe, North America, and Asia is a cause for concern. The decline has been caused by habitat loss, the mechanisation of agriculture, and pesticides.
Lana Lang became a Legion reservist when she transformed into Insect Queen.
Read up more on Lana at her Wikipedia page and her Comic Vine entry.
Dr. William Johnson, from the Galveston County Extension visited the library and brought some bug slides to show the kids!
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.
A video clip of a 0.5mm long female Anagrus atomus parasitoid wasp of the Mymaridae family walking and preening under water. It was found in a yellow pan with approximately 50mm depth of water, but it was alive and walking. When the pan was moved it fell over and was affected by the fluid movement, but as soon as the water became still it continued on its perambulations. On many occasions Mymarid wasps have been observed under water in seemingly good health for quite some time. Once helped out of the water they are able to preen and recover their ability to fly after a short time, provided the process of exiting the water is gentle. Scelionid wasps found in water appear dead and unmoving yet frequently recover after drying.
-caterpillar
| Noctuidae: Eublemma accedens | ssp.
Adventive: Hawaii \ Note: Endemized
Plant - Hi'aloa
| M. > Sterculiaceae: Waltheria indica |
Native: Hawaii \ Ethnomedicinal
I had a very interesting day working as the “insect-wrangler” on set of a new horror “Live Bait”. Very proud of my insects for their incredibly convincing performances (though they weren’t always as cooperative as they might’ve been...) Can’t wait to see the finished film!
This insect has me stumped. Its cute little face reminds me of a bee, but its body suggests a wasp, but there are bees that convincingly look like wasps and vice versa! This tiny cutie was fussing about on some carrot tops (Platysace linearifolia) and was a challenge to photograph because of its size and flightiness. I managed a few photos from different angles in the hopes someone could identify it for me! Found in Springwood, Blue Mountains, NSW.
I LOVE watching these babies hatch and eat their egg, but it's REALLY hard to get my camera to focus on it.
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.
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.
Butterflies are brightly colored flying insects with four wings that vary in color and pattern according to species, the wings are covered with tiny overlapping rows of scales.
Butterflies in their adult stage can live from a week to nearly a year depending on the species.
Butterflies feed primarily on nectar from flowers. Some also derive nourishment from pollen, tree sap, rotting fruit. Adult butterflies consume only liquids, ingested or sip water from damp patches for hydration and from which they obtain sugars for energy, and sodium and other minerals vital for reproduction. Several species of butterflies need more sodium than that provided by nectar and are attracted by sodium in salt; they sometimes land on people, attracted by the salt in human sweat.
Butterflies are important as pollinators for some species of plants although in general they do not carry as much pollen load as bees. They are however capable of moving pollen over greater distances.
Hope you enjoy!
Pix.by.PegiSue
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Taken at:
San Diego Zoo Safari Park, Escondido, CA
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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.
Taken using a recently acquired Olympus OM1 35mm SLR camera.
Agfa Vista ISO400 film, processed in the Tetenal C41 kit.
My first Skipper. Sunday 17 June 2012. 13:31. Hampstead Heath, London N6.
I'm not sure if its a big or small skipper. I'm going to plump for Large Skipper(Ochlodes venata). I've no idea what the other insect is. Update: Many thanks to Harryf2011 below for confirming it is a large Skipper www.flickr.com/photos/harrylepidopterist/