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I never worked up this 2016 photo from the Peruvian Amazon because I was running into trouble identifying the wasp, in spite of its distinct markings.

But taxonomic resources are more accessible a decade on, and I'm happy to announce that she's the rarely photographed Polistes torresae.

#WaspLove #Polistes #Insects #Wasps

Wide angle macro photograph in a tropical forest, in the foreground, suspeneded from a palm spine, is a dark brown paper wasp nest and a stately black wasp with yellow thoracic markings and white stripes on the abdomen.
#insects #wasplove #wasps #polistes

Surprise observation this afternoon: Homotropus sp. An ichneumonid wasp, about 5-6 mm long.

There are only 8 observations world wide.

inaturalist.org/observations/2…

#iNaturalist #Hymenoptera #entomology #insects #wasplove

A wasp stands upright on a step, with transparent wings, a black body, long antennae, and orange legs. An aphid between its legs.

Genus Homotropus observed by Albert Cardona

Homotropus in May 2024 by Albert Cardona. Sitting on top of an aphid.
iNaturalist
#iNaturalist #insects #entomology #Hymenoptera #wasplove

For Wasp Wednesday, a Megischus crown-of-thorns wasp drills deep into a redbud tree with her ovipositor, aiming to lay an egg on a wood-feeding grub inside. Illinois.

#WaspWednesday #WaspLove #Stephanidae #Hymenoptera #Photography #Nature

A stark silhouette of a slender but muscular wasp, abdomen raised high, pushing what looks like a threaded needle into a rough substrate. The background is a blurry blue dusk.
#nature #Photography #Hymenoptera #stephanidae #wasplove #waspwednesday

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