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another of this confusing parasitoid wasp of the Scelionidae family found in the garden. Closest identification is Telenomus longistriatus, but this has genal striae or carinae and is 1.0mm long, whereas T.longistriatus has no genal striae and is 0.6 or 0.7mm long. Guidance is needed! Lots of detail pictures below can be viewed larger with a click.
A female Taeniothrips picipes found under pine in Great Wood near Battle. Additional pictures below show various details - note five or six setae on first vein and complete row of setae on second vein of forewing, also note large sixth antennal segment.
a brief note on context:
i was sieving stones from the sunken guerrilla garden i'm constructing in a deep divot in the rock of a local island. the "soil" in the divot is pretty much as though someone dumped a load of random rocks in a pit (from small pebbles & flakes to a few multihundredpound lumps) an aeon orso ago that has slowly been trickle-filled with decaying matter & wormshit until it's packed solid, a network of weird roots winding through it all. "digging" in this stuff is next to impossible: almost anywhere my little handtrowel gets pushed, it's stopped about a quarter-inch in by a rock.
pulling out yet another "keystone" about a coupla feet down, these 2 tumbled out from behind.
i get that the females can dig & have ovipositors that can extend somewhat further but this pair were deep under a jumble of almost-solid stone.
i've found a lot of worms in what would seem impossible places down here, too: maybe their holes are being used by others as well?
Ein Netzflügler. Sowohl die Larven als auch die erwachsenen Tiere leben räuberisch von kleinen Insekten.
saw this unique very small insect and found it so beautiful. it isn't easy to photograph as it keeps on moving about. it is slightly smaller than the tip of a pencil eraser. anyone can assist me identifying this insect?
California Rose-Winged Grasshopper (Dissosteira pictipennis), Wildcat Canyon Regional Park, El Sobrante CA
a Cirrospilus vittatus parasitoid wasp of the Eulophidae family found in conifer in Hastings Cemetery
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Lagarta que mimetiza aranha. Foto tirada em São Paulo - Brasil.
Gênero Phobetron
Canon 100mm 2.8 Macro.
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Mimetic caterpillar. Taken in São Paulo City - Brazil
Close up of head and shoulders. Her abdomen was deep in the moss. I watched her for about an hour while she laid her eggs, completely oblivious of me taking photos.
Het is weer zo ver. De kastanjemineerder heeft weer toegeslagen en van onder tot boven worden de bladeren van de kastanjes van binnenuit opgevroten
The horse chestnut leaf-miner (Cameraria ohridella) is a member of the lepidopteran family Gracillariidae and was recorded for the first time from Macedonia in 1985 attacking horse chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum) near Lake Ohrid. This moth was described as a new species of the genus Cameraria by Deschka and Dimic (1986). Totally unexpected, C. ohridella appeared in Austria in 1989 in the region of Linz. From then on, it rapidly spread east and west so that, by 2000, it had colonised major parts of Central and Eastern Europe.
In 1984 werden in Macedonië aan het meer van Ohrid voor het eerst bladmijnen bij paardenkastanje opgemerkt en werd het motje Cameraria ohridella beschreven. Dit was opmerkelijk omdat bij paardenkastanje geen insectenaantastingen bekend waren. In de daarop volgende zes jaar heeft het insect geheel Macedonië en Servië gekoloniseerd. In 1989 kwamen meldingen over het voorkomen uit Kroatië en Oostenrijk. Daarna volgden Hongarije en Slovenië. In Tsjechië werd de soort in 1993 in het zuiden gevonden. De eerste berichten van het voorkomen in Duitsland dateren uit 1997 en vondsten in Polen volgden in 1998.
De mineerder is veel eerder dan verwacht in Nederland gearriveerd. In 1999 werd vastgesteld dat op veel plaatsen in Gelderland, Limburg en Noord-Brabant kastanjebladeren met bladmijnen te vinden waren. Ook in Utrecht, Zeeland, en Overijssel werd de soort aangetroffen Insecten Top Tien 1999; Insecten Top Tien 2000. De meeste aantastingen zijn in straatbeplantingen opgetreden maar er was ook een aantasting in een laan van Landgoed Amelisweerd. Bij Dorst en Amerongen zijn aantastingen waargenomen in boslanen. Dit betekent dat het insect de wat hogere 'stadse' temperaturen niet nodig heeft. In 2003 is de mot zelfs al op Terschelling gesignaleerd.
Opvallend zijn de grote plaatselijke verschillen in dichtheden. Het komt voor dat op enkele honderden meters afstand van zwaar aangetaste kastanjebomen exemplaren staan waarop geen enkele mijn te vinden is. Dat zou kunnen suggereren dat de vlinders slechte vliegers zijn, maar gezien de snelle verspreiding binnen Europa lijkt dit onwaarschijnlijk. Overigens is door verschillende onderzoekers vastgesteld dat de vlinders gemakkelijk meeliften met vrachtwagens, waardoor een snelle uitbreiding op passieve wijze kan plaatsvinden.
De invasie van Cameraria ohridella in Nederland is dus terug te voeren tot de populatie in Macedonië, maar de soort is ook daar niet inheems. Het is nog steeds de vraag waar deze dan wel oorspronkelijk vandaan komt. De mineerder is strikt gebonden aan Aesculus, waarvan 16 soorten bekend zijn die alle van nature voorkomen in één van de tertaire relictgebieden zoals de Kaukasus, de Himalaya en Noord-Amerika, maar in deze gebieden is de mineerder nooit beschreven.
I came inside and saw something in my peripheral vision. I took my glasses off and discovered this little fellow had hitched a ride indoors. I've never seen one with such large red eyes and white wings.
iPod Touch photo cropped in Photogene.
Mayflies or shadflies are insects belonging to the order Ephemeroptera. They have been placed into an ancient group of insects termed the Palaeoptera, which also contains dragonflies and damselflies. (From Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayfly). Adults have a very brief lifespan - from a few minutes to a few days.
Also known as the Pellucid Hoverfly, this is one the largest of the true flies (Diptera) found in Britain.
The broad whitish-yellow band across the mid-section of the insect is quite distinctive.
My photograph is of a female, identified by the gap between the eyes. She will lay her eggs in the nests of certain wasps and the larvae will feed on the hosts' young, dead wasps and other nest detritus. Once mature they will leave the nest to pupate in the soil nearby.
Adults emerge from mid-May onwards and are commonly seen until the end of the summer.
RSPB Otmoor. 6.7.2020.
This Checkered skipper seems to be sleeping on a flower in the community garden in Centennial (Fairmont) Park in El Cerrito.
Six of these hatched out. One died, but this is unsurprising as it had got caught under the tissue paper that was beneath the eggs in the other container, and so had been deformed.
The other five are doing okay. They are very strange in that they seem to stagger around rather than walk, and often fall onto their backs or get stuck to condensation on the side of the tub. One is also missing a couple of legs. Other than those issues, they seem to be doing alright and are fed on eucalyptus which is changed regularly. As you can see, I have the eucalyptus sprig on its side as they don't seem to be very good at climbing and I didn't want to risk them not being able to find the leaves while wandering around.
UPDATE: Unfortunately my cat decided to knock these off the cabinet and onto the floor. As I said, this is a particularly fragile species and so, unsurprisingly, three of them were crushed to death in the fall. This species is proving difficult to rear, and if I do not succeed with this batch, I don't think I will try with achrioptera fallax again.
UPDATE 2: None survived. One more hatched out this morning. I am going to try keeping it in a mess-topped container in case it needs more ventilation.
This beautiful Gaillardia wildflower was a popular plant as far as these very tiny insects (Thrips - thanks Lynette!) were concerned. These large flower heads are always a joy to see, adding such bright splashes of yellow to any walk in our natural areas. I photographed this one (and a few others) in Weaselhead on 18 July 2012.
"Thrips (Order Thysanoptera) are tiny, slender insects with fringed wings (thus the scientific name, from the Greek thysanos (fringe) + pteron (wing)[citation needed]). Other common names for thrips include thunderflies, thunderbugs, storm flies, thunderblights, and corn lice. Thrips species feed on a large variety of sources, both plant and animal, by puncturing them and sucking up the contents. A large number of thrips species are considered pests, because they feed on plants with commercial value. Some species of thrips feed on other insects or mites and are considered beneficial, while some feed on fungal spores or pollen. So far around 5,000 species have been described. Thrips are generally tiny (1 mm long or less) and are not good flyers, although they can be carried long distances by the wind. In the right conditions, many species can exponentially increase in population size and form large swarms, making them an irritation to humans."