#gasteruption

[jenfoundabug]

Lady, that is quite the ovipositor O_O Wasp in genus Gasteruption, Northern California

[oziminie]

The Absurd Creature, the Gasteruptiid I found the other day in an alley! Needs ID beyond gasteruptiidae, will update if ID is acquired. Found on wild carrot in PNW, USA.

Don’t like wasps? Don’t talk to me! If you can’t say something nice, kindly ✨shut up✨

[pogomcl]

Gasteruption jaculator Canon 7D Sigma 105 2.8 f/4.5 1/320 iso: 200 Srbsko, Czech Republic 7/23/2023

[reanimateobjects]

[addicted2wasps]

Cartoon of the day. This random concept goes way back to 2014. A character I had created, which is an imaginary Gasteruption pilot. I still need to give her a name. Perhaps Daucus, which is the genus for wild carrot. They're called carrot wasps because they have an affinity for flowers in the Apiaceae, which is the family wild carrot is in. I don't really remember or know why I chose a Gasteruptiid for that role, but thinking back on the idea gives me some nostalgia to my early wasp character design days. I decided to redraw her for old time's sake.

[celestialmacros]

Carrot wasp, female (Gasteruption sp.)

June 12, 2019

Southeastern Pennsylvania

This was closer to navy blue in person.  Crazy ovipositor.  

[wedontneedfeatherstofly]

Gasteruption sp. ♀

[bugsfromtokyo]

Parasitic carrot wasp.