Encyrtidae. It's a male so no hope of identification :-( position of cerci (arrows) is characteristic of family. #Wasps #Hymenoptera #VC55

There are these data centers that use minimal amounts of electricity and don't need millions of gallons of water, to cool them. They're called libraries.

tl,dr; Scientists no longer allowed to use federal funding to publish, attend meetings, or talk to the public. They cannot collaborate internationally. Grants can be cancelled for any reason, at any time, political appointees have a final say over what gets funded, and who gets funded.

Hey #Hymenoptera people. I have some self seeded Salix sp. in the garden and some interesting little larvae are turning the leaves to skeletons. I think that these are Euura pavida #Sawflies. Can anyone confirm? #GardenWildlife #insects

In the last week or so Western Giant Ichneumonid Wasps (Megarhyssa notrtoni) have oviposited on a dying spruce tree in our yard. Today a female horntail (Xeris indecisus) is ovipositing on the same tree, with a couple male horntails hanging around. The ichneumons parasitize the horntail larvae.

Campaign win! Duchy of Cornwall announces plan to “double the extent of duchy-managed Atlantic rainforest on Dartmoor by the early 2040s” This means Black-a-Tor Copse, as well as Wistman’s Wood! A first step towards doubling rainforests across Dartmoor’s commons www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Spring time in Europe -every year it will get hotter and hotter earlier and earlier Parts of Western Europe are experiencing an extreme, record early heatwave with temperatures soaring 5 C to 10 C above normal Temperatures in southwest Spain forecast to reach 40°C in coming days

A decade ago, analysts were calling Spain a cautionary tale. Too much solar, too fast! Today, Spain is rapidly on its way to having the cheapest power in Europe. Maybe this time, solar naysayers will learn... haha, jk, they'll just move the goalposts.

Bee 🐝 high tea

The morning #bee 🐝

Bee Everybody quiet down now and get some sleep. Dream dreams that exclude, preclude and denude billionaires… #bee #goodnight #dream

Bee-ing

The morning #bee 🐝

Giant Ichneumonid wasp (Megarhyssa) ovipositing in a dead spruce tree in our backyard. The whole process took at least 40 minutes.

A tarantula-hawk wasp (Pepsis sp.) at Carlito Springs Open Space near Tijeras, N.M., on May 22, 2026. Why walk when you can fly? 'Cause the ground is where the tarantulas are, and you need to catch one to feed each of your dozen or so babies. #nature #naturephotography #wasp

Four-banded stink bug hunter wasp (Bicyrtes quadrifasciatus) on pink yarrow in my Atlanta garden. #BugSky #ColorADay #PinkMon #MacroMonday #Hymenoptera #Crabronidae #Bloomscrolling

Not lovers! Ornate tailed digger wasp with a ????? Nikon Z9 and Sigma 150mm SS1/3200 F5.6 ISO Natural light handheld in the field RSPB Sandy Beds England

Climate change is real and it's happening and it's only going to get worse until everyone wakes the fuck up. By far the biggest threat to us all. We don't have another planet we can go to.

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Arthur’s Seat is on fire this evening…Photos Craig Duncan

Lots of Orange-tips around. My favourite butterfly, so I thought I’d paint a male on Cuckoo Flower, with egg from a visiting female.

Tetramesa spp. #Wasps #Hymenoptera #VC55 #Eurytominae

What some of us have been warning of for decades is happening, faster and fiercer than most imagined, even in the mildest and most temperate corners of the world. #ClimateBreakdown

May you see many bumblebees on your Bank Holiday Weekend 🐝 📷 Jade Oliver

We’re enjoying today’s heat, but we can’t help but think of this graph we saw in this week’s report on climate adaptation from @thecccuk.bsky.social. Temperatures are getting hotter than our homes and buildings could hope to handle. It’s time to invest. https://bit.ly/3PU4dIA

Striped Hawkmoth, Hyles livornoca to light last night in Paignton, Devon @migrantmothuk.bsky.social #teammoth

We seem to have found a rest stop for the busy Leafcutter Bee in our garden. The precision of the leafcutting is quite extraordinary. Painted Lady already out in the garden, too...

New Zealand flatworm Arthurdendyus triangulatus #Edinburgh today

Think these are Red mason bees, happy to be corrected.

An't with Grabby Hands (Dryinidae wasp)

Man I love finding random bugs. I flipped a log searching for a centipede but found a spider with an ectoparasite instead! It's been two days: the spider is goop and the larva is about 8 mm long. Cross your fingers that I can rear the wasp!

Join me at the Pollinators' Party, 7pm, 19 June, Amsterdam. Should be a nice event. www.eventbrite.nl/e/tickets-10...

Sometimes, #science does not go the way you plan. That is usually framed as failure: the experiment did not work, the results were inconclusive, the story was unclear. But science can also advance when we go back to old data and ask a different question: jeffollerton.co.uk/2026/05/21/w...

Found quite a few of these unusual looking wasps last week in France, which I think are Dryinus collaris (Dryinidae). They parasitise Issus sp (planthopper), and given how many of those I found, they're not short of hosts!! #Hymenoptera #ParasiticWasp #Dryinidae #Ardennes #France

An ancient Greek silver coin depicting a bee! 🐝 😍 Minted in Ephesus, 390-380 BC. Photo Getty Museum #Archaeology

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"Here's looking at you kid." Tetrastichus spp. #Wasps #Hymenoptera #VC55

#Weltbienentag Habt möglichst viele unterschiedliche nekttar- und pollenreiche Pflanzen in Eurem Garten und auf Eurem Balkon. #Bienen #Wildbienen #worldbeeday Have as many different nectar- and pollen-rich plants in your garden or your balcony. #bees #wildbees

Male Southern Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa micans) on sea grape flowers (Coccoloba uvifera) Ding Darling national wildlife refuge Sanibel Island, Florida 5-5-26 #WorldBeeDay #NativeBees #native #bees #ColorADay #YellowThu #eck #insectThursday #macro #florida #photography #macroPhotography #nature #art

#Photography #ECK #WorldBeeDay #WordlessWednesday #Macro #Spicebush #Bee

Boa tarde dona @rainhadobrasil.bsky.social Jataí-amarela(Tetragonisca angustula) #WorldBeeDay

I am continually amazed by the existence of shiny metallic bees #WorldBeeDay #invertebrates 🌿 🐝

Here are some nice bees I've met #WorldBeeDay

#WorldBeeDay My lone photo of a bee to honor World Bee Day today, August 20th. 🐝 #EastCoastKin #ECK #Macro #Bee #Bloomscrolling

BlueSky Trending shows Bezos as # 1 and World Bee Day as # 4. Whatever we can collectively do to replace bees over bezos, you know that you need to do. #WorldBeeDay

Here are some bees for #WorldBeeDay representing some important facts about wild bees: most bee species are tiny and often kinda "waspy" looking, most species are solitary and nest in the ground, and about 1/4 of species are parasitic meaning they lay eggs in the nests of other bees

Diadasia rinconis is supposedly a cactus bee but this one’s happily lounging in a thistle. Dripping Springs, Texas.

Ooh, #WorldBeeDay. I've done a couple of bees.

Bees spend a lot of energy while buzz-pollinating flowers. We used respirometry, lasers, and bees in 3D chambers to figure just how energetically expensive it is. Thanks @bethbees.bsky.social and @natacharossi.bsky.social for this fun collaboration! royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...