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  1. hornet_o.jpg

    hornet_o.jpg

    Male hornet on concrete fence post
    • walwyn
    • Media item
    • hornet hymenoptera wasp
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Invertebrates
  2. asian_hornet.jpg

    asian_hornet.jpg

    Asian hornet in Hedgerow alongside River Seine
    • walwyn
    • Media item
    • hornet hymenoptera wasp
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Invertebrates
  3. Wasp.

    Wasp.

    • Cornelis
    • Media item
    • flight vespula vulgaris wasp
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: Invertebrates
  4. an Architect, a Builder and a Mother

    an Architect, a Builder and a Mother

    Paper Wasp (Polistes sp.) building a nest. Home backyard macro photography.
    • dixonlau
    • Media item
    • bee borneo insect macro macrophotography paper wasp polistes sp rainforest tropical wasp
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Invertebrates
  5. Paper Wasp (Polistes sp.)

    Paper Wasp (Polistes sp.)

    Doing some home backyard macro photography.
    • dixonlau
    • Media item
    • bee borneo closeup insect macro malaysia paper wasp polistes sp. rainforest wasp
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Invertebrates
  6. Facing Off with Paper Wasp (Polistes sp.)

    Facing Off with Paper Wasp (Polistes sp.)

    Relaxing at home backyard doing some macro photography. No worry, it didn't attack me 😄
    • dixonlau
    • Media item
    • bee borneo closeup insect macro malaysia paper wasp polistes sp. rainforest wasp
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: Invertebrates
  7. Dragonfly is Carnivore!

    Dragonfly is Carnivore!

    Relaxing at home backyard macro photography. Diplacodes trivialis (female) dragonfly eating its catch of a *fly. Decided to make this a Black & White photo instead as color version just too nasty to look at.
    • dixonlau
    • Media item
    • black & white borneo carnivore diplacodes trivialis dragonfly insect macro rainforest tropical wasp
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Invertebrates
  8. Black-and-white Potter Wasp

    Black-and-white Potter Wasp

    Black-and-white Potter wasp (Pseudodynerus quadrisectus: Vespidae) ca. 1.5 cm (0.59 in) long. Photographed on late boneset (Eupatorium serotinum: Asteraceae).
    • Stanley Jones
    • Media item
    • black-and-white college station potter texas usa wasp
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: Invertebrates
  9. Five-banded Thynnid Wasp

    Five-banded Thynnid Wasp

    Five-banded Thynnid Wasp (Myzinum quinquecintum: Thynnidae) Female. 1.6-2.2 cm (0.63.87) Photographed on Greggs mistflower (Conoclinium greggii: Asteraceae).
    • Stanley Jones
    • Media item
    • bryan five-banded texas thynnid usa wasp
    • Comments: 16
    • Category: Invertebrates
  10. Cuckoo Wasp

    Cuckoo Wasp

    Cuckoo Wasp (Chrysis sp.: Chrysididae) Ca. 1.2 cm (0.47 in) long. Photographed on green poinsettia.
    • Stanley Jones
    • Media item
    • college station cuckoo texas usa wasp
    • Comments: 13
    • Category: Invertebrates
  11. Black-and-White Mason Wasp

    Black-and-White Mason Wasp

    Black-and-white Mason Wasp (Zethus spinepes variegatus: Vespidae) Ca. 2.5 cm (1.0 in) long. It is surrounded by Lovebugs (Plecia nearctica: Bibionide) 6-8 mm (0.25-0.33 in) long. The larger lovebugs are the females. The plant they are on is Frostweed (Verbesina virginica: Asteraceae).
    • Stanley Jones
    • Media item
    • black-and-white college station mason texas usa wasp
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: Invertebrates
  12. Wasp

    Wasp

    Image taken with my bridge camera. I don't know the ID of this insect. I presume it is a wasp. I like its greenish eyes. I am very grateful to Nora who helped me with the ID. It is a yellow sand wasp. Here in Europe, it is very similar to the species Bombix rostrata.
    • Joelle-Marcelle
    • Media item
    • wasp
    • Comments: 9
    • Category: Invertebrates
  13. Mole Cricket Hunting Wasp

    Mole Cricket Hunting Wasp

    Mole Cricket Hunting Wasp (Larra bicolor: Sphecidae) Ca. 2.2 cm long. Working on Green Poinsettia (Euphorbia dentata: Euphorbiaceae).
    • Stanley Jones
    • Media item
    • college station cricket hunting mole texas usa wasp
    • Comments: 16
    • Category: Invertebrates
  14. A Wasp

    A Wasp

    One of many that were around the garden
    • JSD
    • Media item
    • wasp
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: Invertebrates
  15. Mason Wasp

    Mason Wasp

    Mason Wasp (Zethus spinipes: Vespidae) 8.5-11.0 mm (0.33-0.43 in) long. Foraging on Hercules Club. However the leaf it is perched on is yaupon.
    • Stanley Jones
    • Media item
    • bryan mason texas usa wasp
    • Comments: 10
    • Category: Invertebrates
  16. Potter Wasp

    Potter Wasp

    Potter Wasp (Euodynerus crypticus: Vespidae) 1.3-2.5 cm (0.5-1.0 in) long. On Camphorweed (Pluchea odorata: Asteraceae).
    • Stanley Jones
    • Media item
    • bryan potter texas usa wasp
    • Comments: 9
    • Category: Invertebrates
  17. Weevil Wasp

    Weevil Wasp

    Weevil Wasp (Cerceris intricata: Crabronidae) Ca. 2.0 cm (0.8 in) long. Visiting Camphorweed (Pluchea camphorata: Asteraceae).
    • Stanley Jones
    • Media item
    • bryan texas usa wasp weevil
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: Invertebrates
  18. Great Black Wasp (male)

    Great Black Wasp (male)

    Great Black Wasp (Sphex pensylvanicus: Sphecidae) Male. 2.0-3.5 cm (0.8-1.4 in) long. It was hunting on Peppervine.
    • Stanley Jones
    • Media item
    • black bryan great texas usa wasp
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: Invertebrates
  19. Metricus Wasp

    Metricus Wasp

    Metricus Wasp (Polistes metricus: Vespidae) Ca. 2.4 cm (0.9 in) long. Working Camphorweed (Pluchea odorata: Asteraceae).
    • Stanley Jones
    • Media item
    • bryan metricus texas usa wasp
    • Comments: 9
    • Category: Invertebrates
  20. Ailanthus Webworm Moth, Five-banded Tiphiid Wasp

    Ailanthus Webworm Moth, Five-banded Tiphiid Wasp

    Ailanthus Webworm Moth (Atteva aurea: Attevidae) Wingspan 1.8-3.0 cm (0.7-1.2 in) and a Five-banded Tiphiid Wasp (Myzinum quinquecinctum: Tiphiidae).
    • Stanley Jones
    • Media item
    • ailanthus bryan five-banded moth texas typhiid usa wasp webworm
    • Comments: 9
    • Category: Invertebrates
  21. Five-banded Tiphiid Wasp (male)

    Five-banded Tiphiid Wasp (male)

    Five-banded Tiphiid Wasp (Myzinum quinquecintum: Tiphiidae) Male. 1.6-2.2 cm (0.63-0.87 in) long. Working Camphorweed (Pluchea odorata: Asteraceae).
    • Stanley Jones
    • Media item
    • bryan five-banded texas tiphiid usa wasp
    • Comments: 7
    • Category: Invertebrates
  22. Red Wasp

    Red Wasp

    Red Wasp (Polistes carolina: Vespidae) 1.5-2.1 cm (0.6-0.8 in) long.
    • Stanley Jones
    • Media item
    • red stillhouse hollow lake texas usa wasp
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: Invertebrates
  23. Texas Wasp Moth

    Texas Wasp Moth

    Texas Wasp Moth (Horama panthalon texana: Erebidae) Wingspan of 3.2-3.4 cm (1.26-1.34 in). This moth evolved to mimic paper wasps.
    • Stanley Jones
    • Media item
    • falcon state park moth texas usa wasp
    • Comments: 10
    • Category: Butterflies & Moths
  24. Spider Hunting Wasp

    Spider Hunting Wasp

    Spider Hunting Wasp (Anoplius sp.: Pomilidae) Perched on Peppervine (Ameplopsis arborea: Vitaceae).
    • Stanley Jones
    • Media item
    • belton belton lake hunting spider texas usa wasp
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: Invertebrates
  25. Ichneumon Wasp

    Ichneumon Wasp

    Ichneumon Wasp (Trogomorpha arrogans: Ichneumonidae) This small wasp ranges in size from 7-8 mm (0.28-0.31 in) long.
    • Stanley Jones
    • Media item
    • ichneumon texas usa wasp woodway
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: Invertebrates
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