Specimen collected under a research project on agro ecology. Work done with Cyril Marty.
id : Hyméno 63 (old Hetero 4)
Titirangi, Auckland.
Zigzag Track, in Atkinson Park.
Focus stacks :)
Imo, one of the most beautiful invert ever.
I found this deceased individual at my front door, since it was in very good condition I decided to take a few shots of it. ^^
Gynandromorph! Posted with permission from Barr Entomological Museum.
Caught in a colour pantrap, 19.v.2011, vineyard, Castellet i la Gornal, Barcelona.
Body length: 2,35 mm
Determination attempt with Bouček 2001, Bitsch et al 2007, Bitsch et al 2022.
HEAD: Head laterally narrow. Face shape obovoid, truncate below. Clypeus brown, with an acute medial tooth, extending beyond the base of the labrum. Labrum testaceous, bifurcated in two rectangular lamellae. Mandibles yellowish, two-toothed at the apex, without an additional larger tooth on upper edge.
The distance between the lower edges of the eyes is much smaller than the distance between the upper edges.
Distance between antennal insertions longer than the distance between them and the eyes.
Antenna 12-segmented; antennal flagellum segments short, subquadrate (except the last), the first two together longer than the pedicel.
Upper frons shiny, without median furrow nor a transverse bulge, with very sparse small punctures in front of ocelli.
Diagonal upper end of eye orbit deepened, forming a groove-like fovea.
Head with an occipital carina interrupted dorsally.
Underside of head outside of oral fossa either flat or convex, without pair of concavities.
MESOSOMA: Pronotal collar not distinctly carinate, its sides converging and with rounded shoulders.
WING: Marginall cell at apex completely closed at a sharp angle, enclosing vein even anteriorly well pigmented. Pterostigma unicolorous, broadly paler along middle but darker on its longitudinal margins.
METASOMA: Pygidial area well developed.
Mating pair until she shook him off and he dropped. Unfortunately was in deep shade by patio door.
Found dead, stuck in gall wasp exit hole in Andricus quercustozae gall from Quercus faginea. No other holes or insects present, except for two small oviposition holes. Seems to suggest that Pison or Trypoxylon sp. may make use of these galls as inquilines.
Thanks to @bullema for the id.
GRSM
ATBI plot
Brushy Mountain
Malaise trap MT14
4 - 28 Sep 2001
IC Stocks
MT1420010928
ATBI000014919
Looks like a Sapygid wasp although not identical to other images of sapygid wasps on BugGuide. Though, appears most similar to Krombeinopyga pumila? Also interesting that this wasp was found in a garden with a variety of leaf-cutters and is known to target leaf-cutter bees.
Looks like an interesting species under reported in this area. Wonder if @susanna_h or @johnascher can help out with ID?
GRSM
ATBI plot
Brushy Mountain
Malaise trap MT13
21 July - 5 August 2001
IC Stocks
ATBI000014904
A single individual female, observed along the southern part of the reserve in an area commonly frequented by crickets during monsoon.
More details: https://www.sahyadrica.com/2019/02/insects-on-my-mind.html
disturbed at the end of hibernating under the bark of a dead birch
Ant-mimic
@jeongyoo What does this look like to you?
Amazing small chimney on the compacted ground just off the centre of a path in this amazing (seemingly poorly protected by all the building work going on and digger tracks) bit of pine wood pasture meadow. I've only seen the vertical mud chimney nest entrances of odynerus spinipes before (in the UK)
Plant was Jacksonia furcellata
Wingless wasp with a big jump.
P. lewisii ?
I first observed this sawfly on this young Eucalypt 14 days ago https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/139103146
Today's observation appears to indicate that this is a female sawfly who has stayed to guard her eggs and is now protecting the newly hatched larvae.
Making mud nests in the ground in a suburban back yard.
These appeared in massive numbers. A 2 acre property was completely covered in nests.
Presenta Ginandromorfismo, en el mismo individuo se muestran características de macho y hembra.
not sure what species, but it had a light nearly solid auburn abdomen with more brown coloring than black
@ozzicada Apparently rental properties are in short supply!!