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Pentax K-x, Sigma 105 Macro, July 10, 2011.
Je viens de découvrir qu'il s'agit d'une Chryside enflammée (Chrysis ignata), également nommée guêpe coucou, qui parasite les nids d'abeilles solitaires.
Jewel wasp sequence. I've seen this jewel wasp - Pseudomalus auratus - several times on the leaves of an abutilon. I watched it for quite a while...
Mariposa dice: Lxs declaro unidxs en matrimonio... lxs novixs ya pueden besarse!
Dedicado a mis amigxs gays.
Taken with my compact camera
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It's been a banner year for tersa sphinx moths in my yard. Unfortunately, I never saw any caterpillars---those are VERY interesting!
This large ichnuemon wasp bores deep into wood to lay its eggs on the larvae of wood-wasps. It is one of Europe's largest ichnuemons. A wood-wasp has layed its eggs deep inside the wood where it should be safe from predators and parasites, but as usual in nature, something amazing like this ichnuemon, with an incredibly long ovipositor (for drilling into wood and laying eggs through) evolves and can find and exploit even the most difficultly placed prey.
A female Alaptus sp. found in the garden birch tree. Most likely an Alaptus schmitzi, but keying brings it to A.eriococci - a species that is only found on the other side of the Atlantic. The similarity between these two species means the greatest likelihood is that this one is A.schmitzi with a longer antennal scape. But ...
Playing in the swamp today and all I had with me was my 50-500 Sigma lens, I still had a lot of fun getting shots of a few insects though.
Стрелки - Coenagrionidae
Семейство стрекоз из подотряда равнокрылых. В семействе насчитывают около 1100 видов и около 90 родов. Встречаются на всех континентах, кроме Антарктиды. На территории Северной Америки распространены 96 видов из 13 родов. Эти стрекозы во время отдыха держат свои крылья сложенными над телом. Нимфы и имаго охотятся на насекомых и других беспозвоночных.