#scelionidae

[bowelfly]

this month's bugs. the outrageous one at the top right is real, Austrospirachtha carrijoi, a rove beetle that parasitizes termite nests

[apocrital]

2025 WAUCE BLAST

As the year comes to a close I wish to inundate you all with some of the coolest, prettiest or strangest wasp photos uploaded to iNat this year, inspired by @cathartidae's wauce blasts

Gonatopus and liopterid

Gasteruption and Cameronella

Eumenine and Smicromorpha doddi

Ammophila wrightii and Stilbula

Pelecinus polyturator and Chrysis viridula

Tracheliodes curvitarsis and Oxyscelio

Orasema and Apoica pallens

Scelionids and Feron kingi

Neotriadomerus and Phlebopenes

Euplectromorpha variegata and chalcids

Antron douglasii and Stylaclista

Synergus and Obenbergerella

Elasmosoma and Polistes dominula

Odontophotopsis melicausa and Stizus texanus

Stypiura and Radumeris tasmaniensis

Part 2

[have-you-seen-this-animal]

any wasp in the genus baeus ?

Amazing choice!

Have you seen a member of the Genus Baeus?

I have now

Yes, in photos/videos

Yes, irl

I'm not sure

Voting ended onApr 17

Both photos here are of females, there are no observations of males on iNaturalist yet. Males are winged and not quite as compact, looking more like other members of their family. Members of this genus are parasitoids of spider eggs.

[addicted2wasps]

Wishing everyone a very Happy Easter from myself, and this Pentatomid egg lover, also known as Trissolcus japonicus!

[transparentfossil]

Fossil Parasitoid Wasp (Scelionidae) in Baltic Amber

[apsciencebylyn]

No proper bug walks the past 2 days ( -2 mental health damage), but at least if there's a bit of daylight I have a chance at finding a Baeus wasp in my yard. +3 mental health boost. 🤎

7/24/23

[bowelfly]

inkwash bugs

[transparentfossil]

Fossil Parasitoid Wasp (Scelionidae) in Baltic Amber