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Emerald wasps, also known as cuckoo wasps are small and extremely colourful wasps that parasitize solitary bees and wasps.
One more thing about them is that they are anything but chill. They seemto always be on the move and shooting them is definitely high risk - high reward with how many times you don't get a shot versus how cool thely look with that metallic and colourful armour.
That's why this one was special. It's a quite old shot, from back in 2015 when I was still shooting with a ring flash, but this particular one lost track of time and space in a birch-leaf spirea (Spiraea betulifolia) which meant I had time for a bunch of shots. Not just this one, but all of these:
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Shoutout to brilliant cuckoo wasp expert AlxndrBrg) for the ID on this one.
Emerald wasps are incredibly pretty with their amazing colours, but the name irks me. Why call them emerald wasps when they have so many other colours than just emerald green. And things don't get better in Swedish either, quite the contrary. Here, an emerald wasp is called a "guldstekel" - ie a "gold wasp". What? Does anybody think of gold when they see this?
Either way, here's a small emerald wasp (Chrysis angustula - ID by AlxndrBrg) getting lost in the tasty birch-leaf spirea (Spiraea betulifolia).
A second shot of an Emerald wasp (Chrysis angustula - ID by AlxndrBrg) climbing around the smorgasbord of a white spirea (Spiraea betulifolia).
First shot: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/21952835465/
To the best of my knowledge, this is the first time I've managed to shoot this species.
It looks a bit odd and I was thinking it might be something a bit exotic. In reality, it appears to be the most common longhorn beetle in the country - a Molorchus minor.
The larvae of these guys feed on spruce, but the adult beetles are supposedly frequent visitors to flowers.
My friend who helped me with the ID, suggested I should cut a flowering branch of lilac or similar and take a walk into a spruce forset and leave it on the ground to lure some of these out. I definitely indend to try this, once winter gives up its grasp of Stockholm, Sweden.
On top of a birchleaf spirea (Spiraea betulifolia), this maleStenurella melanura) flower longhorn was busy eating pollen and didn't mide a big camera in his face.
A bee beetle (Trichius fasciatus) deeply concentrated on gorging away on a birch-leaf spirea (Spiraea betulifolia).
Here is an unusually red male antler moth (Cerapteryx graminis) on birch-leaf spirea (Spiraea betulifolia) from my mother-in-law's garden outside Härnösand, Sweden.
Emerald wasp (Chrysis angustula - ID by AlxndrBrg) climbing around the smorgasbord of a white spirea (Spiraea betulifolia).
The overblossomed white spirea (Spiraea betulifolia)
was still tasty for this Lepturobosca virens longhorn beetle.
A male antler moth (Cerapteryx graminis) showing those nice antennae while resting on a birch-leaf spirea (Spiraea betulifolia).
An emerald wasp which was uncharacteristically cool with me getting up close and let me snap several shots.
That, or maybe the birch-leaf spirea (Spiraea betulifolia) just was too tasty to give up.
An emerald wasp (Chrysis angustula - ID by AlxndrBrg) walking around in a birch-leaf spirea (Spiraea betufolia).
A small emerald wasp (Chrysis angustula - ID by [https://www.flickr.com/photos/69669232@N06]) getting lost in the tasty birch-leaf spirea (Spiraea betulifolia).
The overblossomed white spirea (Spiraea betulifolia)
was still tasty for this Lepturobosca virens longhorn beetle.
Part 1 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/46163965475/
A blotch-winged dronefly (Eristalis rupium) female enjoying the abundance of flowers on white spirea (Spiraea betulifolia).
Birchleaf or white spiraea has become more abundant since the 2020 fire in the postfire understory at the south end of the Bridger Range, Gallatin County, Montana. These photos of fruiting plants were taken during August 2021, or about a year after the September 2020 burn.
Birchleaf or white spiraea has become more abundant since the 2020 fire in the postfire understory at the south end of the Bridger Range, Gallatin County, Montana.
"Spiraea betulifolia 'Tor', 2018 photo, birchleaf Spirea, , USDA Hardiness Zone 3-8, Carmine red, Michigan Bloom Month 5-8, In Garden Bed a1 for 0 DAYS (Lowe). Planted in 2018.
2-3’ tall in a dense, compact, rounded mound. Tiny white flowers in small flattened clusters (corymbs). Birch-like, dark green leaves. Foliage turns shades of orange, red and purple in the fall. Attractive to butterflies. Cultivar name probably comes from the Gaelic word torr meaning hill or mound. Rated at zone 3 or 4 depending on who you believe.
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Many Glacier, Glacier National Park, Montana, USA.
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American dragonhead (front center) and birchleaf or white spiraea (background) have become more abundant since the 2020 fire in the postfire understory at the south end of the Bridger Range, Gallatin County, Montana.
Birchleaf or white spiraea has become more abundant since the 2020 fire in the postfire understory at the south end of the Bridger Range, Gallatin County, Montana.
Birchleaf or white spiraea has become more abundant since the 2020 fire in the postfire understory at the south end of the Bridger Range, Gallatin County, Montana.
Birchleaf or white spiraea has become more abundant since the 2020 fire in the postfire understory at the south end of the Bridger Range, Gallatin County, Montana.
Birchleaf or white spiraea has become more abundant since the 2020 fire in the postfire understory at the south end of the Bridger Range, Gallatin County, Montana.
Birchleaf or white spiraea has become more abundant since the 2020 fire in the postfire understory at the south end of the Bridger Range, Gallatin County, Montana.
Birchleaf or white spiraea has become more abundant since the 2020 fire in the postfire understory at the south end of the Bridger Range, Gallatin County, Montana. These photos of fruiting plants were taken during August 2021, or about a year after the September 2020 burn.
Birchleaf or white spiraea has become more abundant since the 2020 fire in the postfire understory at the south end of the Bridger Range, Gallatin County, Montana.
Birchleaf or white spiraea has become more abundant since the 2020 fire in the postfire understory at the south end of the Bridger Range, Gallatin County, Montana.
Birchleaf or white spiraea has become more abundant since the 2020 fire in the postfire understory at the south end of the Bridger Range, Gallatin County, Montana.
Birchleaf or white spiraea has become more abundant since the 2020 fire in the postfire understory at the south end of the Bridger Range, Gallatin County, Montana. These photos of fruiting plants were taken during August 2021, or about a year after the September 2020 burn.
Birchleaf or white spiraea has become more abundant since the 2020 fire in the postfire understory at the south end of the Bridger Range, Gallatin County, Montana.
Birchleaf or white spiraea has become more abundant since the 2020 fire in the postfire understory at the south end of the Bridger Range, Gallatin County, Montana.
Spiraea betulifolia growing in the open to closed understory of Pseudotsuga menziesii and Picea engelmannii in Sypes Canyon, southwest Bridger Range, Gallatin County, Montana. This subshrub is mostly represented by clusters of unbranched flowering stems with alternative birch-like leaves (albeit more coarsely toothed).
Spiraea betulifolia growing in the open to closed understory of Pseudotsuga menziesii and Picea engelmannii in Sypes Canyon, southwest Bridger Range, Gallatin County, Montana. This subshrub is mostly represented by clusters of unbranched flowering stems with alternative birch-like leaves (albeit more coarsely toothed).
Spiraea betulifolia growing in the open to closed understory of Pseudotsuga menziesii and Picea engelmannii in Sypes Canyon, southwest Bridger Range, Gallatin County, Montana. This subshrub is mostly represented by clusters of unbranched flowering stems with alternative birch-like leaves (albeit more coarsely toothed).
Spiraea betulifolia growing in the open to closed understory of Pseudotsuga menziesii and Picea engelmannii in Sypes Canyon, southwest Bridger Range, Gallatin County, Montana. This subshrub is mostly represented by clusters of unbranched flowering stems with alternative birch-like leaves (albeit more coarsely toothed).
Spiraea betulifolia growing in the open to closed understory of Pseudotsuga menziesii and Picea engelmannii in Sypes Canyon, southwest Bridger Range, Gallatin County, Montana. This subshrub is mostly represented by clusters of unbranched flowering stems with alternative birch-like leaves (albeit more coarsely toothed).
Spiraea betulifolia growing in the open to closed understory of Pseudotsuga menziesii and Picea engelmannii in Sypes Canyon, southwest Bridger Range, Gallatin County, Montana. This subshrub is mostly represented by clusters of unbranched flowering stems with alternative birch-like leaves (albeit more coarsely toothed).
Spiraea betulifolia growing in the open to closed understory of Pseudotsuga menziesii and Picea engelmannii in Sypes Canyon, southwest Bridger Range, Gallatin County, Montana. This subshrub is mostly represented by clusters of unbranched flowering stems with alternative birch-like leaves (albeit more coarsely toothed).
Spiraea betulifolia growing in the open to closed understory of Pseudotsuga menziesii and Picea engelmannii in Sypes Canyon, southwest Bridger Range, Gallatin County, Montana. This subshrub is mostly represented by clusters of unbranched flowering stems with alternative birch-like leaves (albeit more coarsely toothed).