#Hymenoptera

[mathpope]

polistes exclamans x pogonomyrmex barbatus 👭🐜🤝🐝 (there is no wasp emoji)

[fidenciocryptidcreechur]

Playing invisible drums 🥹

[hawkpartys]

Genus Torymus ovipositing a gall from the Genus Amphibolips

[addicted2wasps]

Ypsilonigaster tiger, Braconidae, Microgastrinae. From Thailand. Host unknown! Coloured pencils.

[eyed-hawkmoth]

ashy mining bee (andrena cineraria)

[musiclovingmoth]

DON'T BELIEVE MAINSTREAM MEDIA

WASPS ARE OUR FRIENDS

[onenicebugperday]

Sawfly larvae, Caliroa cinxia, Tenthredinidae

Found sporadically throughout Europe

Photographed in Yorkshire by ophrys

[palossssssand]

comic done for a project assignment a few years back!

[humblegrub]

fuzzy puffs love artichoke fluffs pt 2

[herpsandbirds]

Cellophane Bee (Colletes wilmattae), family Colletidae, Manitoba, Canada

"Species in the genus build cells in underground nests that are lined with a cellophane-like plastic secretion, a true polyester, also earning them the nickname polyester bees... " (Wikipedia)

photograph by Thilina Hettiarachchi

[hazerl]

One of my favorite genera of wasps to find, Perilampus! They come in a couple of different metallic-y colors (this one lands roughly around the species hyalinus so... I'm fudging it) but all have an adorable head to thorax to abdomen ratio. My one good Perilampus specimen was eaten by ants a few years ago :( so I couldn't compare it to these sculptures, but trust me, it's tiny. Instead....

Banana for scale.

[reanimateobjects]

[hawkpartys]

Genus Eurytoma ovipositing gall from Genus Amphibolips

[addicted2wasps]

Pretty self-explanatory, I think! Most wasps are small, parasitoids, and can't even sting! They're all beautiful in my eyes (even yellowjackets)! The Pompilid in the top left corner can sting, but it's not black and yellow, so it gets a pass.

Wasps FTW!

[dinoserious]

invertober day 7, ruby tailed wasp! nice colors on this kooky critter