I just cannot get enough of these guys on the rare occasion I get one to pose for me.

I found this insect on my car today, so I took it home to photograph as I have not seen one of these before. Does anyone know what it is please?

Busy Bee

I am unsure if the main insect is a butterfly or a moth. It seemed trapped!

Rhyssa persuasoria (meaning persuasive burglar) is one of the largest ichneumon wasps in Europe. The length of adults varies from about 10–20 millimetres (0.39–0.79 in) in males up to 20–40 millimetres (0.79–1.6 in) in the females, plus about 20–40 millimetres (0.79–1.6 in) of the ovipositor. They have a thin black body, several whitish spots on the head, thorax, and abdomen and reddish legs. The antennae are long and thin. The long stinger on the abdomen of the females is just an egg laying instrument (ovipositor), therefore these wasps are harmless to humans.

They can mainly be encountered from July through August, especially in paths and clearings of coniferous forests.

Female of this parasitic species drills deep into wood by its hair thin ovipositor (terebra) and lays its eggs on larvae living in timber, which become a food supply and an incubator for the progeny, until it is fully grown. Larvae overwinter in the wood, pupating the next spring and emerging from the wood as adults.

Main hosts of Rhyssa persuasoria are the larvae of Horntail or Wood Wasps (Urocerus gigas, Siricidae species, a type of xylophagous sawfly), as well as larvae of Longhorn Beetle (Spondylis buprestoides, Monochamus sutor) and Great Capricorn Beetle (Cerambyx cerdo).

(Inadvertedly posted publicly earlier while id-ing this species.)

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Een zeer grote sluipwesp met een legboor die langer is dan het lichaam. Lichaam zwart met gele tekening op de kop, borststuk en achterlijf. Poten grotendeels rood.

Niet zeldzaam in naaldbossen.

De sluipwesp zoekt naar de in hout levende larven van naaldhoutwespen. Om de gastheren aan te prikken moet ze diep met de legboor in het hout doordringen. Bij deze soort blijft de tweeledige legboorschede aan het eindpunt contact houden met de legboor en wordt in een krul naar boven geschoven naarmate de legboor dieper in het hout verzinkt.

Another nomada bee feeding on potentilla flower

blister beetle

Alacrán casero ....

Setting up the Hummingbird feeder and we couldn't help but to noticed what appeared to be bumblebees on steroids (almost mistook them for a hummingbird a few times). They're really peaceful and seemed like gentle giants. (I also have a newfound huge respect for those who do insect photography - and I thought birds were hard!)

Taken in Kamloops BC.

Image is enlarged to show insect more clearly

Photographed at Sissinghurst Castle, Kent.

There are times I am SO glad I am not a flying insect! Wished I could have released him but I would have harmed him more if I had tried.

Macro Shots of Insects

Door Wilma Steendijk, Middelburg

libelle in oktober zon

I've been collecting insects much longer than I´ve been photographing them. These are the ones I've got so far. Add a note if you are positive about an identification, or leave a comment if you want me to take a closer photo of a specific insect.

Exotic Creatures

Des tâtâches! Version croquis recherches insectes!

Order: Hymenoptera (Wasps, Ants, Bees, Hornets, Sawflies, and Cow Killers).

Size: 6-13mm.

Range: Saskatchewan south to New Mexico and eastward.

Description: These ants are active in the spring and summer in wooded habitats, where they occupy dead tress and decaying stumps. They are omnivorous, feeding on honeydew, plant juices, and insects (they do not eat wood); scouts will sometimes forage in homes. After about 3-6 years, colonies produce winged males and queens, which are active from late spring through summer. Mature colonies have only one queen. This species does not sting but will bite and spray a type of acid known as formic acid.

what can one say ...!

A female Baeus seminulum parasitoid wasp of the Scelionidae walking along the edge of a microscope slide

This is a stack of two photos.

Pitfall-style insect interceptors can be used to monitor for bed bugs. However, monitors can pick up other arthropods as well.

Visit our bed bug webpage at: cals.cornell.edu/integrated-pest-management/outreach-educ...

Insect Orgy - Orgie d'insecte

Thanks CP for taking the photo for me.

Canon FD 28mm 2.8

Insect

Second episode, Part 3 of 3.

The second male Metaphycus dispar parasitoid wasp of the Encyrtidae family to eclose from the parasitised Scale insect in the previous post. Additional pictures below can be viewed larger with a click.

Insecte mort couvert de moisissures et de gouttes d'eau.

Insecte mort couvert de moisissures et de gouttes d'eau.

It was sitting on my Rhubarb plant, sunbathing and catching insects to eat, it has just finished one in the pic

Carpocoris sp. - Pentatomidae

Larve

I really have no idea what kind of insect is this. Really appreciate if anyone can tell me about that. Thanks.

Ladybug on hemerocallis leaf

Já fui picado por 3 bichos desse ao mesmo tempo. (I've been bitten from 3 of this kind of insect at the same time.)

La abeja va de flor en flor recolectando néctar, mientrastanto de forma involuntaria va rozando su cuerpo y patas por los estambres de las flores, que contienen polen y se adhiere a ella. La abeja encuentra los nectarios en la flor (glándulas productoras de néctar) y liba el néctar. Los granos de polen que transporta la abeja en algun momento rozan el estigma de los pistilos y quedan enganchados a él (el estigma es la parte superior del pistilo por donde penetraran los núcleos gaméticos para fecundar el ovario/s del interior de los pistilos).

De esta forma una gran mayoria de flores han adoptado estrategias para servirse de insectos u otros animales para poder realizar la polinización. Para atraer a los animales que permitirán la polinización, en muchos, casos las flores producirán algún tipo de substancia atrayente o de recompensa, como el caso del néctar.