#entomlogy

[addicted2wasps]

My Vespula nursei pillow arrived today. I love it!

[jupiterswasphouse]

[PHOTOS TAKEN: AUGUST 22ND, 2025 | Image IDs: Two photos of three brown adult keeled treehoppers, and a bunch of tiny, green and black nymphs of the same species, on the underside of a large sunflower leaf /End IDs.]

Entylia carinata, the keeled treehopper! A species I love but have unfortunately had to (gently) remove from this sunflower several times—they're often tended to by ants for the same reason as aphids!

[usgsbiml]

Halictus hesperus - Part of the great Seladonia complex of Halictus. The ones I am familiar with all look like this one from Costa Rica and they can be among the most common bees in an area, as likely this species is in Central America. Collected by Tim McMahon.

[addicted2wasps]

Meet the Ichs!

Idiogramma (Tryphoninae)

Diplazon (Diplazontinae)

Amblyjoppa (Ichneumoninae)

Theronia (Pimplinae)

Metopius (Metopiinae)

Opheltes (Ctenopelmatinae)

Echthrus (Cryptinae)

Chriodes (Nesomesochorinae)

Melanodolius (Sisyrostolinae)

There are over 40 subfamilies of Ichneumonids, I couldn't draw them all, but for the record, that Chriodes has seen some things.....😆

Ichneumonid wasps are notoriously difficult to identify, so I thought I'd draw some cartoon ones to make them more fun! :)

BONUS:

Campoplex (Campopleginae)

Therion (Anomaloninae)

Euceros (Eucerotinae)

Odontocolon (Xoridinae)

Coleocentrus (Acaenitinae)

Orthocentrus (Orthocentrinae)

Oxytorus (Oxytorinae)

Banchus (Banchinae)

Hyperacmus (Cylloceriinae)

I'm planning on drawing all 40+ subfamilies in a chart format. This should be fun. Wish me luck!

[jupiterswasphouse]

[PHOTOS TAKEN: AUGUST 31ST, 2023 | Image IDs: Six photos of a black and grey thread waisted wasp, feeding on and pollinating a few different wild yellow flowers /End IDs.]

[jupiterswasphouse]

[PHOTOS TAKEN: SEPTEMBER 5TH, 2023 | Image IDs: Two photos of a white moth with green forewings on the branch of a partially dead plant /End IDs.]

[jupiterswasphouse]

[PHOTOS TAKEN: AUGUST 6TH, 2023 | Image IDs: Two photos of a nest of yellow and black yellowjackets, a wide open burrow in the ground carved out by the wasps /End IDs.]

[jupiterswasphouse]

[PHOTOS TAKEN: SEPTEMBER 10TH, 2023 | Image IDs: Two photos of a green, black, and red treehopper on the stem of a small leafy green plant /End IDs.]