Identification of Hymenoptera (wasps, bees, ants)

Haven't you seen my sedge plants since last year? Karelia, southern part.
August 21, in the forest near the lake.
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2. August 16, in the garden.

Good afternoon!
The first two photos are a working individual of a red wasp (Vespula rufa L.), the remaining photos are a working common wasp (Vespula vulgaris L.) .

Not having enough data to pinpoint, I'm stuck between D. sylvestris and D. media. For the first one, about 60%

I am also more inclined to the forest wasp. Apparently, this instance has a very strong color variation and will not be able to detect 100%

Not having enough data to pinpoint, I'm stuck between D. sylvestris and D. media. For the first one, about 60%

If I'm not mistaken, this wasp (beauty on a willow) has a large yellow spot at the base of its wing on the side of its chest (episterna? epimer?). It seems to me that such a spot is not typical for female media. Question to experts: do female media have such yellow spots?

This post was edited by TimK-05/31/2013 09: 19

If I'm not mistaken, this wasp (beauty on a willow) has a large yellow spot at the base of its wing on the side of its chest (episterna? epimer?). It seems to me that such a spot is not typical for female media. Question to experts: do female media have such yellow spots?

The spot is really not typical for females and working media individuals. They have a simple black color in their first place. If you go out of this, then you can say that the female on the willow is either a forest wasp, or a Saxon with an unusual platypus. I am more inclined to the forest (because of the trim). My photos for viewing by Yandex. Media:

And here: media and Saxonica:

Well, a photo of a forest wasp for a closer look

This post was edited by Roman Rakochy - 05/31/2013 11: 58

Gentlemen. And ladies

Tell me what it is.

Date May 27, 2013. The middle zone of the Russian Federation. Desna River. The size of the insect is about 2_x cm.

Gentlemen. And ladies

Tell me what it is.

Date May 27, 2013. The middle zone of the Russian Federation. Desna River. The size of the insect is about 2_x cm.

fly it. In diptera its

Can you recognize a hornet by its face, or do you also need a back?
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Question: Has anyone seen publications on biology and ecology: Xylocopa valga Gerstaecker, 1872 and Xylocopa violacea (Linnaeus, 1758) indicating their preference in the breeding substrate?.. like valga in old wood and violaceus in the soil???

Are there any modern signs in the difference between these similar species? To my surprise, when I looked at the NCBI GenBank, I didn't see any mention of Xylocopa valga at all!?? Only violaceus and pygmy (according to pygmy everything was perfectly studied/described by Malyshev, 1947-but is there a scan of his article?).

Popov wrote a lot on xylocopes see his bibliography

Can you recognize a hornet by its face, or do you also need a back?
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There is enough face here - this is a female common (European) hornet Vespa crabro

Please define it. 22.05.2013г. Rostov region.

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Please define it. 22.05.2013г. Rostov region.

In its beetles: zlatka is. Achmaeodera sp.

Good evening.
Is this monster's name Cimbex femoratus by any chance ? completely black.
Germany, Hardegsen, 19.05.13 leafy forest, sat on a bush and did not try to escape probably because of a damaged wing. There were no birches in the area , mostly beech, a few oaks on the outskirts of a small maple.

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Good evening.
Is this monster's name Cimbex femoratus by any chance ? completely black.
Germany, Hardegsen, 19.05.13 leafy forest, sat on a bush and did not try to escape probably because of a damaged wing. There were no birches in the area , mostly beech, a few oaks on the outskirts of a small maple.

I will assume Cimbex luteus

I'll assume Cimbex luteus

Thanks ! It really looks like Cimbex luteus ♂ http://www.insecte.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=66921
http://www.naturamediterraneo.com/forum/to...?TOPIC_ID=77357

This post was edited by gstalker - 02.06.2013 20: 49

Can you recognize a hornet by its face, or do you also need a back?

A little confused by the proximity of the eyes and eyes. Did you catch this hornet in Bashkiria?

This post was edited by TimK-03.06.2013 11: 06

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Good evening, N. Novgorod, today. Please tell me if it's not Eumenes papillarius?

Funny German girl. Very large-9.2 mm
Greece. Crete, 1-9. 05. 2013

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Funny German girl. Very large-9.2 mm
Greece. Crete, 1-9. 05. 2013

Myrmilla sp.
I have a very similar Myrmilla caucasica in my collection. Lelei writes that the caucasica is similar to Myrmilla mutica, which is found in Greece. The size is quite suitable.

Myrmilla sp.
I have a very similar Myrmilla caucasica in my collection. Lelei writes that the caucasica is similar to Myrmilla mutica, which is found in Greece. The size is quite suitable.

Thank you for your help!!! I was also thinking about Myrmilla caucasica. I've just found a key for them , and I'll try to check it out.

Thank you for your help!!! I was also thinking about Myrmilla caucasica. I've just found a key for them , and I'll try to check it out.

Like" German Wasp fauna of the USSR and neighboring countries " Lelei in the library of flora and fauna is.

Good evening, N. Novgorod, today. Please tell me if it's not Eumenes papillarius?

No, it's not him. Probably E. coarctatus or E. pedunculatus or something else, but not E. papillarius or E. coronatus.

Help me identify the OS.
Egypt, Hurghada . 30.5.2015 on light.
5-8mm.
I can take a detailed photo, there are 2 dry copies.

This post was edited by BO. - 04.06.2013 20: 56

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What kind of leech is this? This is the first time I've seen one. Mordovia. On a willow tree.

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Help me identify the OS.
Egypt, Hurghada . 30.5.2015 on light.
5-8mm.
I can take a detailed photo, there are 2 dry copies.

This is something from the horsemen, family Eucharitidae.

What kind of leech is this? This is the first time I've seen one. Mordovia. On a willow tree.

In the photo, unfortunately, even the distinctive generic signs are not visible. If we look at the habitus, it is either Pamphilius sp. or Acantholyda posticalis (Matsumura, 1912). Look at the vegetation, there are several very similar pamphilius species, but all develop on willows, birches, etc. And acantholids-on pines. They don't fly very well, so if there are no conifers nearby, then it's probably the first option.

This post was edited by Rhabdophis-05.06.2013 09: 57

Surroundings of Kirovo-Chepetsk, Kirov region. May 28.
Vespula vulgaris?

In the photo, unfortunately, even the distinctive generic signs are not visible. If we look at the habitus, it is either Pamphilius sp. or Acantholyda posticalis (Matsumura, 1912). Look at the vegetation, there are several very similar pamphilius species, but all develop on willows, birches, etc. And acantholids-on pines. They don't fly very well, so if there are no conifers nearby, then it's probably the first option.

Photographed on a willow tree

Photographed on a willow tree.

It's not a fact that it feeds on willow, maybe it flew in from the forest and sat down to rest In general, if you have this photo in a wider resolution or from a different angle, look at the top of the wing, Pamphilius, unlike Acantholyda, has a membrane with noticeable folds. When I try to zoom in on this photo at this resolution, I can only see squares of pixels

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This is something from the horsemen, the family Eucharitidae.

Eucharitidae are parasites of larvae and pupae of ants (Formicidae) and indeed observed the flight of winged males Camponotus maculatus in the room, later workers, even managed to catch one female.It does not seem to be a random presence of riders in the number.

Surroundings of Kirovo-Chepetsk, Kirov region. May 28.
Vespula vulgaris?

The 2nd photo shows a female Dolichovespula saxonica
On the 1st one, the main signs are not visible, but most likely it is the same.

Hello!

Help identify the insect.
Location: Moscow, land in a flower garden on a balcony.
Date: 06.06.2013.
Several holes were first seen in the ground, then the insects themselves were also seen, apparently rising out of the ground. Especially after watering the land. The length is about 1-1. 5 cm.
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Photo album with additional photos:
http://fotki.yandex.ru/users/northrop/album/146640/

PS Theoretically, it can be an insect that is more characteristic of some other regions, because in the spring, the land bought in the store was added to the flower garden.

This post was edited by skipjack - 06.06.2013 20: 37

Please identify two bees. 25.04.2013г. Rostov region
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This post was edited by Anatoly52-06.06.2013 20: 17

Tell me, please, what kind of rider is this? There are a lot of them at the beginning of June this year in the Moscow region.

We have 10 pieces sitting on an old birch tree.
Big, beautiful, but smaller than the pearl megarissa.

Surroundings of Kirovo-Chepetsk, Kirov region. June 7.

Surroundings of Kirovo-Chepetsk, Kirov region. June 7.

Female Symmorphus sp.

A little confused by the proximity of the eyes and eyes. Did you catch this hornet in Bashkiria?

Yes, in my apartment =)

This post was edited by rumpelstiltskin-09.06.2013 02: 13

Tell me, please, what kind of rider is this? There are a lot of them at the beginning of June this year in the Moscow region.

This is Coleocentrus caligatus Gravenhorst, 1829 (Ichneumonidae, Acaenitinae) - a parasite of various xylophages: barbels and horntails

This is almost exactly D. media - D. sylvestris does not have red spots on the sides of the prothorax.
As for the previous image, I wrote about a sufficient degree of reliability... The degree of light coloration in Vespidae is a very unreliable determinant, as it is subject to many external factors. The real differences are related to the sculpture of the sides of the pronotum and the front edge of the platypus.

Returning to the discussion from the previous page. Not that I slowed down so much, I was just in the fields-summer has come.
As for my photos of D. media, which I have no doubts belongs to the species, they were given only for the purpose of demonstrating the typical coloration of the female (exclusively based on materials from the NW of the European part). In workers, however, this yellow-orange coloration is largely reduced. I also share Carcharoth's opinion about the breast color pattern of this species.
I was guided by the sign I indicated - the color of the notch of the inner orbits of the eyes - in all the D. media I saw, they are completely yellow, while in D. sylvestris they are yellow only in the lower part.
This diagnostic feature is given in the well-illustrated definitive table in the recently published volume Nationalnyckeln till Sveriges Flora och Fauna (The Encyclopedia of the Swedish Flora and Fauna)., http://www.nationalnyckeln.se/en/Published-books/
dedicated to the Formicidae and Vespidae of Fennoscandia:
Text: Per Douwes, Johan Abenius, Björn Cederberg, Urban Wahlstedt
Images: Krister Hall, Mattias Starkenberg, Christopher Reisborg, Torbjörn Östman
Number of species: 133
Release: May 2012
At the risk of incurring the wrath of anti-piracy advocates, I present a scan of a couple of pages from there with a key for the females of some Dolichovespula species



 Dolichovespula.pdf

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Yes, there are no "pure" vespidologists among the authors, but how many of them are there in such a small and, by European standards, well-studied group? As a rule, people consider themselves experts in several Aculeata groups at once.
Well, in general, I am satisfied that my largely amateur opinion was eventually recognized as 60% true