#pelecinid wasp

[jupiterswasphouse]

[PHOTO TAKEN: JULY 26TH, 2024 | Image ID: Two photos of a black pelecinid wasp with translucent wings on a large green leaf, its long metasoma curled at an angled position /End IDs.]

[fractalbeehive]

[spw-art]

I won at a wasps today

[onenicebugperday]

@akintohumanity submitted: No id needed just wanted to share my favorite wasp I've seen (and favorite animal for that matter) the american pelecinid wasp :)

The females are very cool with their super long abdomen! 10/10 bug design

[ichneumoniid]

Girl you are so abdomen

(Pelecinus polyturator, 7/23/2024)

[the-great-lizard-wizard]

[waspfan1038]

One of my favorite finds , an American pelecinid wasp (Pelecinus polyturator). These things are so interesting and fantastic and I love them so much

Taken 9/4/23

[arthropoda-artistry]

[euonymusatropurpureus]

Pelecinus polyturator

[maggotpoolautism]

@hearties-circus look at this long buggie!

🐌

American Pelecinid Wasp!

(Pelecinus polyturator)

[jupiterswasphouse]

[PHOTO TAKEN: JULY 22ND, 2024 | Image ID: A photo of a black pelecinid wasp with translucent wings on a large green leaf, its long metasoma curled and facing upwards /End IDs.]

[fractalbeehive]

Wasps

I keep forgetting to post these so they've been building up but I drew some gay little wasps (haven't gotten around to drawing them being gay yet..... They are though #trust) and their pet mite

Also psst I'm going to attempt to do artfight this year and they're on there

[minmos]

below the cut (because there are so many bug pictures) i would like to post. a gallery of WASP DIVERSITY

ruby tailed wasp. it rolls up like a pillbug to protect itself and cannot sting. it lays its eggs in other wasp nests

blue mud dauber. not aggressive, males cannot sting. adults are pollinators, their young eat black widow spiders. It's also blue if you can believe that

pelecinid wasp. cannot sting. this has two population groups - one in the southern us & most of south america that does regular parasitic wasp stuff, and a population in the rest of north america consisting only of females that reproduce asexually.

baeus wasp. this guy is fucking crazy. flightless & preys on spider eggs. and it's small as hell

fairyfly. world's smallest insect. lays eggs in other insects' eggs and only lives a few days.

doddifoenus rex. having trouble finding more information about the species.

chalcura. check out those antennae! preys on ants.

tarantula hawk. even more pretty antennae! one of the largest parasitoid wasps. preys on tarantulas. very docile, but does have one of the most painful recorded stings of all insects - it's beat only by the bullet ant on the schmidt pain index. just don't fuck with it though it's not going to go after you

thread waisted wasp. isnt she cool! one got stuck in my bathroom once.

giant ichneumon wasp. isn't that crazy! unable to sting. preys on one specific other species of wasp (pigeon horntail).

organ pipe mud dauber. described by wikipedia as "exceedingly docile" so you know she knows what's up... and she makes nests out of clay because she's a beautiful little potter. so apparently these guys are haplodiploid, which means that they'll just lay eggs and any unfertilized eggs generate males and fertilized eggs generate females. that's weird.

steel blue cricket hunter. You'll never guess what she hunts.

anyway umm yes. WASPS. theres so many cool wasps out there. Dont let yellow jackets poison wasps for you i promise theyre not all like that ...

[onenicebugperday]

@firekitten830 submitted: Met this impressively long friend while camping lately! Curious what they are. Location Maryland

Made some other gorgeous friends as well but don’t need an id for these :] the caterpillar almost fell on me, I was worried they wouldn’t make it but they made a full recovery :D

A very excellent group of pals! The fella with the very long butt is a female American pelecinid wasp. They may look a little freaky but they don't sting. Wish I could join that harvestman party. And I'm glad the imperial moth caterpillar made it! It's very vividly green! I'm jealous.

[virtualplushy]

small joys saturday.. saw of my two favorite bugs today (pelecinid wasp and hummingbird clearwing) :D

NICE !!!!

[minister-erik]

AMERICAN PELECINID WASP (pelecinus polyturator) - Composition Sunday

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