Mary C Legg · @pogomcl
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Amblyjoppa fuscipennis Canon 400D EF 100 2.8 f/5 1/320 iso: 800 Milovice, Czech Republic August 11, 2008

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sohkamyung · @sohkamyung
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This unusual large insect buzzed by me and landed on this leaf. It turns out to be a Short-tailed Ichneumonid Wasp (family Ichneumonidae), whose abdomens are not as elongated as the usual Ichneumonid Wasps. Spotted at Pasir Ris Park on 21 Jan 2023.

On iNaturalist [ inaturalist.org/observations/1 ]

#inaturalist #nature #singapore #photography #insects #wasps #Hymenoptera #ichneumonidwasps #ichneumonidae

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Donald Hobern · @dhobern
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Donald Hobern · @dhobern
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trap contents from last week in . Full-size photo is 8688x5792 - second image is full-size crop to indicate detail. View original on Flickr:

flickr.com/photos/dhobern/5266

Some interesting flying ants, various attractive hoppers and two female mesominiata () in the mix. I'll image many of these and set the sample aside for DNA.

If you work on any group and would like me to image specific individuals, let me know.

#entomology #ichneumonidae #leptobatopsis #canberra #malaise #slam

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chris strafplanet · @chris
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@chrisU just vanishing seems to be their thing - I found a few dead ones but the rest seems to either have left or is hiding again (or died in a secret place I may find one day).
I have no idea what made them wake up all at the same time, I guess it must have been related to the weather or maybe some change of the temperature indoor caused by it.

I didn’t use yet but for pest control - they are so tiny / invisible that I didn’t feel attached to them.

#ladybugs #ichneumonidae

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Donald Hobern · @dhobern
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Female (3 images) and male (white face, no ovipositor) of the genus (, , ) from the trap in the second half of September 2022, when this was the commonest ichneumon.

inaturalist.ala.org.au/observa

#entomology #malaise #canberra #banchinae #ichneumonidae #Hymenoptera #australoglypta #darwinwasps

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Donald Hobern · @dhobern
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I found time to image one more () from the trap back in May. This is another winter species here in Canberra. The genus is () and Gauld found Megaceria pagana to be a common mid-winter species in Canberra so it could well be that.

#Hymenoptera #entomology #ctenopelmatinae #megaceria #malaise #ichneumonidae #darwinwasp

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Donald Hobern · @dhobern
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Today's () from the trap in Aranda, ACT in June 2022. This one is a male ().

#entomology #Hymenoptera #tryphoninae #netelia #malaise #ichneumonidae #darwinwasp

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Donald Hobern · @dhobern
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Another from my trap: a female , likely undescribed, from 10-17 Dec 2021

Preparing specimens feels like a decadent luxury. I always break legs and rub off scales when I try to pin . Gluing insects to card is SO much easier. I made a real mess with too much glue on this one, but cleaning it and redoing it was simple.

Confession: I now glue that normal hymenopterists would pin.

#ichneumonidae #entomology #wasps #microlepidoptera #Hymenoptera #myrmeleonostenus #malaise #canberra #darwinwasp

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Donald Hobern · @dhobern
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Keyed out another (, first image) as the fourth obvious species from the genus so far found in my garden in , . None of these species is named. Images here of all four females (males are different and will need DNA to match up).

Gauld 1984, The Incheumonidae of Australia (the last major work on the fauna here) lists the one named species of Anacis and adds "I have seen 55 undescribed species."

#Hymenoptera #biodiversity #entomology #australia #canberra #anacis #ichneumonidae #darwinwasp

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Donald Hobern · @dhobern
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Managed to key out a female () caught in the trap in ACT in mid-October. The genus is Gotra () but getting further will be difficult.

inaturalist.ala.org.au/observa

#cryptinae #canberra #malaise #ichneumonidae #darwinwasp

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Donald Hobern · @dhobern
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I have 319 specimens from the second year of trapping to sort and identify at least as far as genus. Probably the larger part of the Australian fauna of this family is undescribed at the species level.

inaturalist.ala.org.au/observa

#malaise #ichneumonidae

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Donald Hobern · @dhobern
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Donald Hobern · @dhobern
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Four more insects from the trap, Canberra, ACT, 26 August to 2 September 2022

1. sp. - I'll key out at least the genus soon.

2. sp. () - probably the commonest (or set of externally similar species) in my garden

3. eucalypti (a )

4. sp. (a ) - I always find these harder to identify than I would expect

#entomology #cerambycidae #longhornbeetle #lamiinae #elipsocidae #barklouse #pentacladus #wasp #ichneumon #ichneumonidae #orthocentrus #ichneumoninae #malaise

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Donald Hobern · @dhobern
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Four from the trap (Canberra, ACT) in the week of 19-26 August 2022.

No close identifications yet, but these are 1) , 2) : , 3) : (should get that one to genus soon, but species likely to be unnamed), and 4) .

All on if anyone wants to progress their identification:

inaturalist.org/observations?o

Images all taken using a @leicamicrosystems

#Hymenoptera #entomology #microscope #inaturalist #chalcidoidea #phygadeuontinae #ichneumonidae #haltichellinae #chalcididae #braconidae #malaise #wasps

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Donald Hobern · @dhobern
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I ran a trap run in my garden for two years (2020-10-23 to 2022-10-28). The first year's samples went to the Centre for Biodiversity Genomics in Guelph, ON for DNA barcoding. In the second year, I've been focused mostly on and other parasitic wasps.

Three insects from 12-19 Aug 2022: cerbera (, 2 images), sp. and probably sp. ().

More images, etc.:

araba.hobern.net/

inaturalist.ala.org.au/observa

#entomology #anacis #elateridae #diapriidae #acanthobetyla #ichneumonidae #malaise

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Plants EFSA · @Plants_EFSA
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RT @sagaOptics: Ichneumon wasp, Ophion sp. Exciting section of the dorsal view. The ocelli are clearly visible here, which are really huge in relation to the head and the compound eyes.

🐦🔗: nitter.eu/Plants_EFSA/status/1

#ocelli #wasp #ichneumonidae #sichelwespe #ophion #insects

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