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insect taken today 14 July 2012 - RSPB Community Forum members (Barnsley Lad and Mrs T) have come up trumps and supplied a name: ichneumon wasp . ("they are parasitic wasps and are harmless .. - believe this one is Amblyteles armatorius") - many thanks to them.
This stick insect was found on the frame of the car window. The size can be seen here against the gum leaves
About 4" or 10cm long
Not sure what kind of catepillar this is. We christened it the Las vegas variety, as it is far too flashy for Houston.
A coworker found out this is a Whitemarked Tussock Moth, Orgyia leucostigma.
I was looking for my 'pet' garden spider in the back garden, but it has rained recently and there don't seem to be any webs anywhere in the garden. There were a few insects, flies, wasps and a hoverfly under a lilac tree.
Wasps and flies aren't particular favorites of mine but I tried to get a quick photo anyway. The poor light and the constantly moving insects didn't help to get a sharp focus or any depth
The season for these is starting in western Pennsylvania. I usually find them in the transition between mown areas and moist shrub area.
Vespa analis insularis Dalla Torre
♀（女王?）
ハチ目（スズメバチ上科）スズメバチ科（スズメバチ亜科）
◆日本固有亜種
危険度：低
・原亜種はインドネシアに分布。
・コガタスズメバチは18世紀の当時、縞模様のスズメバチとして初めて名前（種小名analis）が付けられた種類。
・成虫はオオスズメバチと非常によく似た外見と体格をしており、サイズが拮抗した個体では見分けは困難であるが、腹の第二節の黒筋の太さで見分けられる。スズメバチの場合は極めて細い。
・木の枝、植え込み、軒下等の開放空間に巣を作る。
巣は女王バチが単独で巣作りをしている初期段階では徳利やフラスコを逆さに吊り下げたような形状をしており、働きバチが羽化してくると徳利の首の部分が噛み破られてボール状に変化していく。
・他の蜂のよく集まる虫媒花で待機し、ハナバチなどを襲って胸部の筋肉を肉団子にし、巣に持ち帰ることが多い。
・巣に直接刺激を与えると激しく反撃してくるものの、威嚇性・攻撃性ともにあまり高くはなく、巣に近づくぐらいでは警告すらしない。
反面、巣の防御力はすこぶる高く、オオスズメバチの攻撃をも跳ね返す。
Insect damage on Pseudotsuga menziesii, north end of the Black Range, along the Continental Divide trail just north of the road to Lookout Mountain, ca. 33.365 -107.823, Sierra County, New Mexico, 9 Jun 2013.
Hymenoptera :
Parque Chicaque
Cundinamarca, Colombia
Nov 18, 2010
The particles seen around the antenna are fog particles. The area was covered with fog. Altitude was 2500 MSNM.
The funny thing is that I never witnessed any insect in or around "hotels" like this. Insects seem to distrust such human initiatives...