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Vespid Rover
The Venusian Vespid rover is commonly seen throughout the agricultural sector of the Venusian Fly People. This rover is used primarily for pollinating duties, with its high driver's perch, powerful turbine drive and cushy balloon tires.
Le frelon européen ou frelon (Vespa crabro) est une espèce d'hyménoptères eusociaux de la famille des Vespidés ressemblant à une guêpe commune mais de taille deux fois plus importante ; il s'agit de la plus grosse des espèces de guêpes européennes.
On l'appelle aussi cul jaune dans l'Est de la France, beurgot (burgaud en occitan) dans le Sud-Ouest de la France, talène en Suisse, bombe ou cabridan en Provence, calavrone en Corse, lombarde en Bresse et en Lyonnais et arcier ou guichard dans la Nièvre et le Morvan.
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Four-lined Hornet Fly (Spilomyia sayi).
Striped abdomen fly looking like the potter wasps foraging nearby in size and color. In fact, I never noticed it was a fly until I looked at the photos. Around 1/2 inch long. Besides the pond at home, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. 4 August 2022
Spilomyia genus
Numbers: 11 spp. in our area, 17 in the New World(1)(2), >100 in Eurasia(3)
Size: 12-17 mm
Identification: good wasp mimics: pattern of pigment on eyes hides "fly eyes"; V-mark on thorax, short antennae
keys to spp. in(1)(4)
Range
Widespread in the New World & Eurasia(3); in our area, widespread but poorly represented in se. US: 4 spp. are eastern widespread, 4 western widespread, and 3 restricted to AZ-TX-OK(1)
Habitat: Larvae in water-filled tree holes
Season: Summer to fall
Remarks
mimics of social wasps, have habit of resting on the four posterior legs and waving front legs about in almost the same way that vespids move their antennae(5)
S. sayi
Size: 12-16 mm
Range: NB-AB south to NJ-KS(2)
Habitat: Larvae found in the decaying heartwood of deciduous trees.
Adults most commonly found around wetlands and sometimes encountered hilltopping(1)
Season: Jul-Oct in ON(3)
2022-23: Judge merit award out of 1000 entries in Photocrowd 'Eyes of Animals (not humans) ' competition in April 2023.
Réalisé le 19 septembre 2020 au Domaine de Maizerets, ville de Québec, Québec.
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Taken on September, 19th / 2020 at Domaine de Maizerets, Quebec city, Quebec.
Vespula vulgaris is a eusocial vespid that builds its tan paper nest in or on a structure capable of supporting it. A founding queen searches for a hollow tree, wall cavity, rock crevice, or even a mammal-made hole to build a nest. One colony cycle lasts for about 6–11 months and each colony cycle produces around 3000–8000 larvae.
The extraordinary adaptation skills of V. vulgaris enable it to live in a wide range of habitats, from very humid areas to artificial environments such as gardens and human structures. This species, along with other wasp species such as V. germanica, has impacted the ecosystem, especially those in New Zealand and Australia, where they were imported by humans, and frequently cause damage to fruit crops and endanger humans.
Adult workers of V. vulgaris measure about 12–17 mm (0.5–0.7 in) from head to tip of abdomen, and weigh 84.1 ± 19.0 mg, whereas the queen is about 20 mm (0.8 in) long. It has aposematic colors of black and yellow; yellow pronotal bands which are almost parallel to each other and black dots and rings on its abdomen. The queens and workers appear very similar to Vespula germanica, except when they are seen head on, as the V. vulgaris face lacks the three black dots of V. germanica. Instead, each has only one black mark on its clypeus, which is usually anchor or dagger-shaped. This applies to queens and workers only. In addition, identification of this species may be difficult because the black mark on its clypeus can sometimes appear broken, making it again look similar to V. germanica. It is prudent to use multiple identifying characteristics and if in any doubt to consult experts.
Still more difficult to distinguish between species are the males. Almost undetectable with the naked eye, the only confident identification of V. vulgaris males is to seek the distinct aedeagus tip shapes and lateral processes of their genitalia.
Vespula vulgaris, known as the common wasp, is a species found in regions that include the United Kingdom, Germany, India, China, New Zealand and Australia. It is sometimes known in English as the European wasp, but the same name is used for the species Vespula germanica or German wasp. In 2010, the ostensible Vespula vulgaris wasps in North America were found to be a different species, Vespula alascensis.
Vespula vulgaris is a eusocial vespid that builds its tan paper nest in or on a structure capable of supporting it. A founding queen searches for a hollow tree, wall cavity, rock crevice, or even a mammal-made hole to build a nest. One colony cycle lasts for about 6–11 months and each colony cycle produces around 3000–8000 larvae.
The extraordinary adaptation skills of V. vulgaris enable it to live in a wide range of habitats, from very humid areas to artificial environments such as gardens and human structures. This species, along with other wasp species such as V. germanica, has impacted the ecosystem, especially those in New Zealand and Australia, where they were imported by humans, and frequently cause damage to fruit crops and endanger humans.
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Réalisé le 16 août 2020 au Marais Léon-Provancher, Neuville, Québec.
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Taken on August, 16th / 2020 at Marais Leon-Provancher, Neuville, Quebec.
Réalisé le 22 juillet 2021 à Victoriaville, Québec.
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Taken on July, 22nd / 2021 in Victoriaville, Quebec.
Empilhamento de foco resultado de 30 fotografias tiradas com a lente do kit 18 55mm invertida em aproximadamente 24 mm e foram combinadas posteriormente com o programa Combine ZP.
Strana combinazione cromatica quella che vede accostati il giallo e nero di una vespa comune (Vespula vulgaris) e il blu della scilla maggiore (Scilla peruviana). Sembra quasi che il colore del fiore voglia esaltare il segnale mimetico contenuto nel colore del vespide. Segnale che significa pericolo e che garantisce alla specie una relativa tranquillità. Anche il caso, in Natura, sembra "intelligente" e lascia intuire dispositivi funzionali perfetti ..... ..
A good example of a mutualism is the relationship between treehoppers nymphs and vespid wasps. The treehopper nymphs secrete a sugary solution called honeydew. Wasps and ants drink the honeydew and, in return, they protect the treehopper nymphs from predators.
Dasylechia atrox (Williston 1883). Found at Pleasant Valley Conservancy SNA in southern Wisconsin. Dane County, Wisconsin, USA.
Prey is a vespid wasp of sorts. Found in oak/hickory forest/savanna.
My friend Mike Reese was leading a field trip looking for this species and other robber flies when he saw this beauty fly by in front of him carrying a bee and land on the topside of a branch in an oak tree a few meters off trail. It quickly moved to underside of branch, which was 6-7 feet up from forest floor. It proceeded to feed on the bee for over an hour before discarding it and subsequently taking this vespid wasp as prey.
Single exposure, uncropped, handheld, in situ. Canon MT-26EX flash unit, Ian McConnachie diffuser.
Four-lined Hornet Fly (Spilomyia sayi).
Striped abdomen fly looking like the potter wasps foraging nearby in size and color. In fact, I never noticed it was a fly until I looked at the photos. Around 1/2 inch long. Besides the pond at home, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. 4 August 2022
Spilomyia genus
Numbers: 11 spp. in our area, 17 in the New World(1)(2), >100 in Eurasia(3)
Size: 12-17 mm
Identification: good wasp mimics: pattern of pigment on eyes hides "fly eyes"; V-mark on thorax, short antennae
keys to spp. in(1)(4)
Range
Widespread in the New World & Eurasia(3); in our area, widespread but poorly represented in se. US: 4 spp. are eastern widespread, 4 western widespread, and 3 restricted to AZ-TX-OK(1)
Habitat: Larvae in water-filled tree holes
Season: Summer to fall
Remarks
mimics of social wasps, have habit of resting on the four posterior legs and waving front legs about in almost the same way that vespids move their antennae(5)
S. sayi
Size: 12-16 mm
Range: NB-AB south to NJ-KS(2)
Habitat: Larvae found in the decaying heartwood of deciduous trees.
Adults most commonly found around wetlands and sometimes encountered hilltopping(1)
Season: Jul-Oct in ON(3)
Réalisé le 16 août 2020 au Marais Léon-Provancher, Neuville, Québec.
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Taken on August, 16th / 2020 at Marais Leon-Provancher, Neuville, Quebec.
A faithful mimic of the Vespid hornets Vespa tropica and Vespa affinis...
Pu'er, Yunnan, China
see comments for other wasp-mimicking species...
This poor girl was walking around the underbrush of the rainforest and not having an easy time of flying - probably on her last legs.
Four-lined Hornet Fly (Spilomyia sayi).
Striped abdomen fly looking like the potter wasps foraging nearby in size and color. In fact, I never noticed it was a fly until I looked at the photos. Around 1/2 inch long. Besides the pond at home, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. 4 August 2022
Spilomyia genus
Numbers: 11 spp. in our area, 17 in the New World(1)(2), >100 in Eurasia(3)
Size: 12-17 mm
Identification: good wasp mimics: pattern of pigment on eyes hides "fly eyes"; V-mark on thorax, short antennae
keys to spp. in(1)(4)
Range
Widespread in the New World & Eurasia(3); in our area, widespread but poorly represented in se. US: 4 spp. are eastern widespread, 4 western widespread, and 3 restricted to AZ-TX-OK(1)
Habitat: Larvae in water-filled tree holes
Season: Summer to fall
Remarks
mimics of social wasps, have habit of resting on the four posterior legs and waving front legs about in almost the same way that vespids move their antennae(5)
S. sayi
Size: 12-16 mm
Range: NB-AB south to NJ-KS(2)
Habitat: Larvae found in the decaying heartwood of deciduous trees.
Adults most commonly found around wetlands and sometimes encountered hilltopping(1)
Season: Jul-Oct in ON(3)
Australian Hornet contemplating its next move on the edge of our bird bath. It seemed to have a drink then walked around the edge and flew off.
The Australian hornet (Abispa ephippium), actually a type of potter wasp or "mason wasp", is a vespid insect native to the Australian states and territories of the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Victoria, Queensland and Western Australia. The Australian hornet is a solitary insect, forming small nests against buildings and other structures. The adult wasp feeds on flower nectar, while the larvae are fed caterpillars captured by the female.
A. ephippium is 30 mm (1.2 in) in length. The insect is mostly orange, with a large central black patch on the top of the thorax, and a wide black band marking the abdomen. The insect's wings are largely translucent, but tinted orange with black areas at the wing's end.
Being a member of the potter wasp subfamily (Eumeninae), A. ephippium females build large nests in sheltered positions using mud. The females search for prey (including spiders and caterpillars) around trees and shrubs, before sealing the captured insects inside the nest's cells. The larvae then feed upon these insects, before emerging.
Thanks to Wikipedia.
From WIkipedia: What little is known about the biology of these insects indicates a remarkably improbable life history: in nearly all known species, females lay thousands of minute eggs, "clamping" them to the edges of, or injecting them inside leaves. The egg must then be consumed by a caterpillar. Once inside the caterpillar, the trigonalid egg either hatches and attacks any other parasitoid larvae (including its siblings) in the caterpillar, or it waits until the caterpillar is killed and fed to a vespid larva, which it then attacks. If the caterpillar is neither attacked by another parasitoid or fed to a vespid, the trigonalid larva fails to develop. Therefore, they are parasitoids or hyperparasitoids, but in a manner virtually unique among the insects, in that the eggs must be swallowed by a host.
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(Latin could be wrong)
Paper wasps are vespid wasps that gather fibers from dead wood and plant stems, which they mix with saliva, and use to construct water-resistant nests made of gray or brown papery material. Some types of paper wasps are also sometimes called umbrella wasps, due to the distinctive design of their nests.
Réalisé le 22 juillet 2021 à Victoriaville, Québec.
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Taken on July, 22nd / 2021 in Victoriaville, Quebec.
A Zotaxian attack figher, the Vespid Viper was built to defend the Voltstone harvesters from the Bilgen Bugs
Built for NoVVember! I did some reading up on the Insectoids Lore to write the flavour text, and man that's some weird backstory
Anterhynchium tamarinum
Subfamily: Eumeninae
Family: Vespidae
Superfamily: Vespoidea
Order: Hymenoptera
I initially thought this was Abispa sp.. However advice from a couple of experts has pointed me to Anterhynchium sp.. The ID was confirmed by Marco Selis and Brian Dagley.
Marco Selis, a researcher and Eumeninae specialist, from the university of Rome, had the following explanation:
"Comparison with other Anterhynchium observations unluckily doesn't work well, as only two of the six Anterhynchium taxa recorded from Australia are present on iNat, and only one of the two is identified. Moreover, many "Anterhynchium" observations represent specimens belonging to different genera.
Your specimen is very likely to be Anterhynchium tamarinum, but I can't completely exclude Anterhynchium fulvipenne australense. The latter should have entirely black first tergite, but I don't have direct experience with it and I don't know its variability.
About the reasons why your specimen can't be Abispa, the two genera belong to quite different groups and have a lot of differences:
-Abispa: longer and broader head behind eyes, lacks that triangular depression in the middle of vertex, three-toothed metanotum, large triangular lobes on sides of propodeum, prestigma about 4 times longer than pterostigma, first tergite more squared and with a basal tubercle in the middle ;
-Anterhynchium: shorter and narrower head, triangular depression behind ocelli, rounded metanotum, propodeum rounded or at most with fine denticles, prestigma 0.5-1.5x as long as pterostigma, first tergite more rounded (nearly hemispherical) and without tubercle.
The clypeus is not visible in your pictures but it's very different too: more or less parralel-sided with a broad and deep semicircular incision at apex in Abispa, strongly converging below and narrowly truncate at apex in Anterhynchium (at least in females, the males have a different shape in each species)."
Thanks again Marco for the explanation.
Further discussions on iNaturalist have confirmed this is A. tamarinum and A. fulvipenne has been discounted. See following link:
inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/109817811
In a separate discussion on a Facebook group, DI Bickers was seeking to differentiate between Anterhynchium sp. and Euodynerus Angulatus. James Carpenter had the following to say:
"The tegula is the little scale at the base of the wing; the parategula is the little hook coming off the scutum (another jargon term; means the wasp's back in front of the wing base) next to it. In Anterhynchium, the tegula is short and ends in front of that little hook. In Euodynerus angulatus, the tegula is longer, and ends past that little hook. (The tegula is a different shape, too, but never mind that for now.) If you've never seen those terms before, don't get mad, get even. A really good source for illustrations of a lot of vespid characters is Matthias Buck's 2008 manual in the Canadian identification series - it's online and free."
Dr Carpenter's comment is illustrated in an annotated photo in the comments below.
Brett Smith found the The Canadian publication he referred to -see here:
cjai.biologicalsurvey.ca/bmc_05/pdf/bmc05_a4.pdf?fbclid=I...
Potter Wasps are beneficial insects that provide natural control of many types of caterpillars and even some beetle larvae. ... The caterpillars are paralyzed with the wasp's sting and serve as the only source of food for the developing young.
An astronaut crash landed on a hellish planet densely populated by strange hothouse vegetation that seem to have an intelligence of their own...and carnivorous appetites. Every step needed to be taken with caution as unknown horrors awaited at every turn. A scan proved that life readings on this eerie planet are off the charts but sensors indicate that temperatures outside of his protective spacesuit were sweltering and the air consists of noxious gasses considered highly poisonous if breathed by humans. The astronaut notes that sprouting from the jungle landscape here and there are strange hexagonal shaped structures that are seemingly man made...or at least whatever equivalent to man this planet had to offer. Some had majestic spires that reach up to the heavens, others were merely hexagonal shaped sinkholes that lead underground to dark and unfathomable depths. He investigated one that is, like most of the others, overgrown with frightening plant life, but this one had remnants of what seems to be technology...what looked like a radar dish and perhaps a vine riddled communications antennae that loomed high above at a slight tilt.
His attention was diverted downward as a creeper vine wrapped itself around his leg. He reached down to unravel the vine but it only tightened its grip. A mild blast from his laser rifle was enough to dislodge the plant but soon he would realize this pesky vine would be the least of his problems. He heard a deep buzzing from above that was remnant of old fighter planes and he looked up just in time to see something with a swatch of yellow and black soar by at great speed. It was hidden behind great banyan trees and out of sight for just a brief moment but the giant swatch of yellow and black reemerged again to reveal itself to be a gigantic hornet! It circled the hexagonal structure again and again each time moving closer to the frightened astronaut...the intense buzz that it produced could be felt vibrating the ground and its swiftly beating wings violently moved the air and plants as a helicopter would. One pass in particular brought the hornet hovering very near the astronaut indeed. He could see clear details...its immense head the size of a hovercar pivoted this way and that as the hornet examined the astronaut as if trying to see him from all angles. Its antennas vibrated occasionally. The hornet seemed completely organic but upon closer inspection...a tiny vent here or a small port there...the bug seemed to be at least partially a machine...a vehicle of some kind. On its back, the astronaut could see a clear bubble canopy like a fighter jet would have and seated within it was a very strange alien being...seemingly the hornet’s pilot.
The hornet then perched silently atop the thin structure that the astronaut figured to be a communications antennae...its legs grasped the structure delicately. Still he was unsure if the apparent radar dish and other technology was broken and long abandoned or active and highly functioning, but one daunting thought had become abundantly clear; the hexagon is the shape favored by bees to build their honeycombs. Of course! This whole place, perhaps this entire planet is a honeycomb and the astronaut imagined there were legions more of the hornet’s kind probably very nearby. As the hornet perched silently above the astronaut kept perfectly still with his laser blaster aimed at the head of the immense insect above. He hoped that keeping still would make it so the giant insect would forget he was there...but the hornet was very much aware of his presence. Scans of its own revealed the strange little being to be a poisonous invader who had crashed in a craft of his own about four moots in the direction of Aark. It had pondered what to do with the little being...eat it...sting it...leave it. Vibrating its antennas, the hornet was sending and receiving telepathic signals from the rest of the hive. Every individual, with its hive-mind was now aware of the astronaut’s presence...even visual and sensory information was sent as if they had all discovered the little being first hand. The hive came to a final consensus: Capture it. Analyze it. Enslave it. Take it down below. Perhaps it’ll serve as nutrients for the larvae, perhaps its a better suited building material for our catacombs...perhaps it is best as a sacrificial offering to our Great Queen. We live to serve our Great Queen for she is all knowing and wise.
What happens next? You tell me. Enjoy.
Paper wasps are vespid wasps that gather fibers from dead wood and plant stems, which they mix with saliva, and use to construct nests made of gray or brown papery material. Some types of paper wasps are also sometimes called umbrella wasps, due to the distinctive design of their nests
Gananoque, ON Canada
C'est la 1ère fois que je fais la Rencontre avec 1 Bestiole et la Rosée du matin
Pour la Bestiole : Hymenoptera Vespides Polistes Dominula
Dasylechia atrox (Williston 1883). Found at Hickory Hill Conservancy Park in Cross Plains in southern Wisconsin. Dane County, Wisconsin, USA.
Prey is a vespid wasp of sorts. Found in oak/hickory forest/savanna.
Single exposure, uncropped, handheld, in situ. Canon MT-26EX flash unit, Ian McConnachie diffuser.
Réalisé le 15 juin 2020 le long du chemin de la Grève, Rivière Trois-Pistoles, Trois-Pistoles, Québec.
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Made on June 15th/ 2020 along chemin de la Greve, Riviere Trois-Pistoles, Trois-Pistoles, Quebec.
Réalisé le 21 juillet 2020 à Batiscan, Québec.
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Taken on July, 21rst / 2020 in Batiscan, Quebec.
Réalisé le 16 août 2020 au Marais Léon-Provancher, Neuville, Québec.
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Taken on August, 16th / 2020 at Marais Leon-Provancher, Neuville, Quebec.
Nobody asked for this, but here's the ultimate ender for the trilogy. Or the penultimate, I haven't decided yet...
The butterfly bush in our backyard is a treasure trough for finding insects. Especially in the afternoon, when the sun is not as hot anymore. You can find all sorts of bees, European or native buzzing from flower to flower.
One afternoon, an insect was sitting just right on a leaf. It was not interested in flying off so I decided to capture it with a few exposures. With a steady hand and a flash to freeze any vibrations, I was able to capture this beauty of a wasp.
With a little bit of digging, I was able to narrowed it down and identify it as a Brown Mason Wasp.
Mason wasps (or Potter wasps), the Eumeninae, are a cosmopolitan wasp group presently treated as a subfamily of Vespidae, but sometimes recognized in the past as a separate family, Eumenidae. Most eumenine species are black or brown, and commonly marked with strikingly contrasting patterns of yellow, white, orange, or red (or combinations thereof), but some species, mostly from tropical regions, show faint to strong blue or green metallic highlights in the background colours. Like most vespids, their wings are folded longitudinally at rest. Eumenine wasps are diverse in nest building. The different species may either use existing cavities (such as beetle tunnels in wood, abandoned nests of other Hymenoptera, or even man-made holes like old nail holes and screw shafts on electronic devices) that they modify in several degrees, or they construct their own either underground or exposed nests. The nest may have one or several individual brood cells. The most widely used building material is mud made of a mixture of soil and regurgitated water, but many species use chewed plant material, instead. (Source: Wikipedia)
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MURDER HORNET FRIDAY. Post Number 3. Vespa manderinia. Now found in the Pacific Northwest, but not found out of the Washington Canada border. Yet. Magnificent really in its combination of rounded head and the angularities of mandibles. Look at the compound eyes and note that they are not oval, but have an incursion of integument. Not sure why but many, if not all, vespids have this. A few bees even dither around with these alternative eye shapes. This specimen is not from the Pacific Northwest, but was purchased by Izzy Hill prior to the known entry of these vespids. Feel free to use these photos however you like.
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