British Bees, Wasps and Ants (Hymenoptera)
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abejas sobre senecio - insecto de tamaño muy pequeño
Posiblemente Panurginus annulatus que se distribuye en el centro y sureste de España; sin embargo, esta especie no está bien definida
Se encuentra en zonas agrícolas, viven en plantas con flores en los márgenes de los cultivos y de la carretera.
Esta especie está amenazada por la eliminación de las flores silvestres de los cultivos y el uso intensivo de pesticidas.
MAPA de su localizacion en españa
www.iucnredlist.org/details/13317751/0
Panurginus albopilosus is typically Ibero-Maghrebian,
P. annulatus is strictly Spanish
Xylocopa aerata
Family: Apidae
Order: Hymenoptera
Once found more widely in Australia, this species is now confined to New South Wales and Kangaroo Island in South Australia. Unfortunately, since the great bush fires of 2019-2010, there have been no sightings on iNaturalist of these bees on Kangaroo Island (up until the time of writing this in 2025). A project to conserve the Species on Kangaroo island found two active nests in 2023 but the population remains critically endangered in that geographic area. The good news is that the NSW population recovered after the fires and there have been 212 iNaturalist sightings across NSW since 2019.
It is seen here feeding on Pasonsia straminae , which is a favourite food plant for the Ulladulla population of this bee. I have also seen them feeding on Hibbertia scandens and the introduced Salvia waverley .
This native bee makes a nest in the stalks of grasstrees (Xanthorrhoea species) and softwood bushes such as Banksia, Melaleuca and Casuarina. The female creates a tunnel using her jaws. The tunnel typically measures up to 300 mm in length and 11 mm to 14 mm in diameter. Multiple females may occupy a nest, with one breeding and others serving as guards. A bee can protect the entrance by blocking it with its abdomen. Both male and female bees might spend the winter inside these tunnels. The tunnels are often divided into several cells, each containing an egg and supplied with nectar and pollen by the mother bee.
Reference:
www.wheenbeefoundation.org.au/our-work/projects/green-car...
inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/306122732
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Hymenoptera
Camera: Nikon D810
Lens: Lomo 3,7x
Magnification: 3,7x
EXIF: ISO 64, 3sec,
Processing: Zeren Stacker, PS
Lighting: 3 ikea Jansjö, DIY foam n paper diffuser
Rail : MJKZZ Ultra mini rail
Total images. : 89
Step Size: ≈35um
General :
01) Subject: Hymenoptera of somekind
02) Camera: Nikon D810
03) Lens: Olympus 10x UmplanFl, Raynox 250
04) Magnification: ≈ 8x
05) EXIF: ISO 64, 2sec
06) Processing: LR ,Zeren Stacker, PS
07) Lighting: 4 ikea Jansjö, DIY foam n paper diffuser
08) Rail : MJKZZ Ultra mini rail
09) Total images. : 154, pano stacked
10) Step Size: ≈15um
11) General : Panorama stack with 2 sets of images
Taille : 3,5 mm.
Dans la salle de bain de la chambre d'hôtel.
Ces hyménoptères sont des parasites, selon les espèces de diptères, orthoptères, lépidoptères, coléoptères, homoptères et même hyménoptères. Parmi les diptères on peut citer les Tachinaires et parmi les hyménoptères les Ichneumonidés. C'est à dire que certaines espèces de ce genre parasitent des insectes qui sont eux-mêmes des parasites d'autres arthropodes !
Lovely velvet ant I photographed in South Australia. This image is a photo stack of three images produced in photoshop.
Hymenoptera
Camera: Nikon D810
Lens: Lomo 3,7x
Magnification: 3,7x
EXIF: ISO 64, 3sec,
Processing: Zeren Stacker, PS
Lighting: 3 ikea Jansjö, DIY foam n paper diffuser
Rail : MJKZZ Ultra mini rail
Total images. : 67
Step Size: ≈60um
General :
Queens of this species are large, resembling hornets, though the pattern on the thorax is slightly different, with sharper borders of brown areas.. Males and workers are more wasplike.
Taken in full sunlight but still of quite reasonable quality. .
Hymenoptera
📷 Camera: Nikon D810
🔭Lens: Olympus UmplanFl 10x , Kenko 5 reversed
🔍Magnification: ≈ 10x
EXIF: ISO 64, 2,5sec,
💻 Processing: Zeren Stacker, PS, Topaz sharpen, Color efex detail
extractor, MS ICe
💡 Lighting: 3 ikea Jansjö, DIY foam n paper diffuser'
🚃 Rail : MJKZZ Ultra mini rail
🔢Total images. : 197
👣 Step Size: ≈ 10um
General: 2 frame panorama stack
Trichocolletes orientalis
Subfamily: Neopasiphaeinae
Family: Colletidae (Plasterer Bees)
Suborder: Apocrita
Order: Hymenoptera
The Colletidae are often referred to as Plasterer Bees due to their practice of smoothing the wall of the nest cells with a secretion from their mouths. These secretions dry to form a cellophane-like lining.
There are over 2000 species in the family and all but one are solitary in their nesting habits. However these solitary nests might aggregate with others. The adult collects pollen and nectar and make a semi-liquid mass upon which the eggs are laid.
Over half the Australian native bee species are in the Colletidae family, which is divided into five sub-families. Two of the subfamilies, Euryglossinae and Hylaeinae, lack the external pollen-carrying apparatus (the scopae) that otherwise characterizes most bees, and instead carry the pollen in their crops. The sub-family Neopasiphaeinae however, which includes this species here, do have the scopae as can be seen in the photos.
The genus Trichocolletes is found throughout the southern Australian states and South East Queensland. 40 species are recognised, though observations of most of those are uncommon. The genus currently has observations on iNaturalist for just 7 of the 40 species.
This series of images appear to be the first accredited photos of the live insect.
See comments below for another photo. Click on picture for details.
The ID for the bee in this photo was provided by naturalist and author of an excellent book on Australian native bees, Peter Abbott. The ID was confirmed by Dr Michael Batley who, together with Dr Terry Houston, revised the genus in a paper in 2012:
media.australian.museum/media/Uploads/Journals/24792/1589...
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canon 500d sigma 180mm......................The stings of worker wasps, hornets, and yellowjackets are modified egg-laying structures called "ovipositors." Because workers do not lay eggs, their ovipositors are used only for stinging.
Although all of the wasps mentioned on this page are in the family Vespidae, not all wasps in this family live in hives. Some are solitary and live alone in small burrows.
A large Ichneumon wasp, at the first sight similar to Rhyssa persuasoria, but differences are clearly visible.
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Found at Bugin Nature Reserve, S of Quairading. Western Australia, Australia.
Found on saline playa surface.
Perhaps Tachysphex in the Crabronidae?
Single exposure, uncropped, handheld, in situ. Canon MT-24EX flash unit, Ian McConnachie diffuser.