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Braconid wasp. Although I didn't catch it, this seemed to be displaying by raising it's wings in the air
Butterfly Conservatory, Cambridge Ontario
Feb 27 2015
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Noticed a few black ants beginning to show some activity so I baited the top of a milk bottle with a drop of honey
Small beetle sitting on the car. About 3.5mm body length. Focus stacked using zerene.
Possibly Helophorus sp.
Likely but uncertain - a parasitoid wasp of the Figitidae family (subfamily Charipinae) found in the garden, it is definitely an Alloxysta sp. but determination to species is very difficult and carries a wealth of uncertainty. It was keyed using Ferre-Suay and is probably Alloxysta pedestris. Additional pictures below can be viewed larger with a click - 14 antennal segments, metasoma with 2 large visible tergites, notauli present, shallow and partial, 0.9mm long, mesoscutum without imbricate surface, antennae subequal to body length, scutellar fovea not visible, reduced wing length.
It was sitting on my Rhubarb plant, sunbathing and catching insects to eat, it has just finished one in the pic
Green lacewing zoom series . I normally only see these in spider webs, so I cheated when i saw this one and trapped it in a glass and gave it a spot of honey to eat whilst i photographed it. Of course i did release it after. They do have beautiful eyes.
I've seen only two damselflies this year (both of which zipped off at 100mph before I even got near them), until yesterday when I visited the RSPB reserve in Lochwinnoch, where there were many. However, the ones yesterday were also speedy damselflies, and I didn't get close to many. This poor one was flying around, but it seemed to have a problem with its abdomen (it was bent at a funny angle), which is probably why I managed to get a couple of photos---I didn't bother it for long though, as I was sure it would rather have flown off, but maybe wasn't feeling great.