Identification of Hymenoptera (wasps, bees, ants)

help determine, about 2cm, caught in late July in the Amur region.

Good afternoon do not tell me what kind of rider, photos taken 10.07.2016 Yaroslavl region, National Park Pleshcheyevo lake in the forest

help determine, about 2cm, caught in late July in the Amur region.

Female Camponotus sachalinensis or Camponotus japonicus. It's best not to disturb them now. Workers will appear, and you can use them to determine exactly what they are.

good day! Pill wasp house found today. The hole was open. And ai is such a "small bunch". Is it parasites or food for larvae? (Chuvashia)

Caterpillars are food, of course. But, it seems, there is also the larva of eumenes itself visible in the background, or the egg. An open hole means that the equalization was still in progress. It was necessary not to open, but to guard the female.

Caterpillars are food, of course. But, it seems, there is also the larva of eumenes itself visible in the background, or the egg. An open hole means that the equalization was still in progress. It was necessary not to open, but to guard the female.

they opened it because they thought it was empty

Hello!Please help me identify the beast!And in general, I would like to understand how rare it is) Crimea, Simferopol district.

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Hello!Please help me identify the beast!And in general, I would like to understand how rare it is) Crimea, Simferopol district.

Leucospis sp. probably.
In the Crimea, I regularly came across such people.

please tell me what types of ants, all caught in the Amur region

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Hello!Please help me identify the beast!And in general, I would like to understand how rare it is) Crimea, Simferopol district.

Bottom right - female Tiphia femorata

please tell me what types of ants, all caught in the Amur region

5111-probably lasius niger
5112, 5113-Serviformes (subgenus Serviformica)
5117 - subgenus formica
5119-genus myrmica.
I was very interested in the photos. Are you in the "Ant Lovers Club"?

please tell me what types of ants, all caught in the Amur region

Sorry, but the one in the background of photo 5112 was also caught in the Amur region?
In my opinion, this is Oecophilla, or not?

AVA, come on act it out! Where is ecofila? I even rubbed my eyes. It's just a weak working formica. On the other side of the uterus, the same one in the form of a pupa lies, even two.

TimK, why is lyazius exactly a Niger, or is it the only one that lives in the Amur region?

all caught in the Amur region, almost without leaving home. just above the photo of Camponotus is also from here.DPP_5117.JPG I caught one,it didn't lay eggs,I found out that some species can't start families themselves ,I gave it cocoons,they live peacefully,it already has its own larvae.5113.JPG already about 2 weeks does not want to rush, maybe she also needs what special conditions? please tell me who knows.

5111-probably lasius niger
5112, 5113-Serviformes (subgenus Serviformica)
5117 - subgenus formica
5119-genus myrmica.
I was very interested in the photos. Are you in the Ant Lovers Club?

Thank you for your help, no, I'm not a member of the club, I just got interested in ants,caught queens, and now many of them have workers. and 5111 I think not niggers, niggers are darker, and these workers are almost amber.

AVA, come on act it out! Where is ecofila? I even rubbed my eyes. It's just a weak working formica. On the other side of the uterus, the same one in the form of a pupa lies, even two.

Well, yes? But I'm worried about too long epinotum and petiolus (you can't see, however, how many segments there are).
As for the two mentioned, why would these pupae come out of their cocoons, so characteristic of formica?

Surroundings of Kirovo-Chepetsk, Kirov region. 21.08.2016. Approximately 5-7 mm.
If you can't get to the species, then at least specify the genus-family.
I certainly assume that sem. Crabronidae, something like Ectemnius, or even Stigmus...

Thank you for your help, no, I'm not a member of the club, I just got interested in ants,caught queens, and now many of them have workers. and 5111 I think not niggers, niggers are darker, and these workers are almost amber.

Come to the club. www.antclub.org (green. there is also a club on ru, but this is not the same)
There and help and generally learn a lot of interesting things about keeping ants at home. Probably made a mistake with the niggers. It seemed to be a single color, but the unusual color was attributed to the lighting when photographing. Amber workers at flavus. In other yellow species, the females are not the same in shape. But the color in the photo is different. But sew with it, with color. If the workers are yellow , I can't offer anyone but flavus.

Zhytomyr region (near the border), July, 15 mm (others are smaller).
Absolutely nowhere I can stick this Cerceris, although in size in the section of species with "wrong" color, almost no one falls short. Which versions should I work out?

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Pupae without cocoons are common, especially in the first brood, probably due to a lack of protein in the larvae. But in subsequent broods, too, there are, if underfed.

Pupae without a cocoon are common for serviformics. Both in the first and subsequent broods. Moreover, workers often remove the cocoon from the immature pupa and then it "ripens" without a cocoon.
Pupae without a cocoon can be found in almost all formicins. It is ok. In some species, pupae formed without a cocoon can be used by workers to feed. I noticed this in camponotuses and runners.

Surroundings of Kirovo-Chepetsk, Kirov region. 21.08.2016. Approximately 5-7 mm.
If you can't get to the species, then at least specify the genus-family.
I certainly assume that sem. Crabronidae, something like Ectemnius, or even Stigmus...

You can also get up to the species - Rhopalum coarctatum (Scopoli, 1763)

Surroundings of Kirovo-Chepetsk, Kirov region. 21.08.2016. Approximately 10 mm.

Surroundings of Kirovo-Chepetsk, Kirov region. 21.08.2016. Approximately 10 mm.

Braconidae, Aleiodes; the species is forgotten, and the collection is far away-you can't see it. But the instance is more or less easily identified by the identifier of the Far East (T4 h4).

As I understand it, there can be no other options here? Ectemnius sexcinctus ?
The sides of the intermediate segment are covered with coarse, relatively sparse wrinkles. The first outgrowth of the 3rd segment of the antennae with a tuft of hairs.

Help me determine the OS. Saratov region

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Here's more. Saratov region

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4 - Polistes dominula
5, 6 - Scolia hirta

I can't define a working vespula, I don't understand them without looking at the mandibles in close-up.

it looks like Vespula germanica )))

Zhytomyr region (near the border), July, 15 mm (others are smaller).
Absolutely nowhere I can stick this Cerceris, although in size in the section of species with "wrong" color, almost no one falls short. Which versions should I work out?

Cerceris sabulosa [Crabronidae, Philanthinae]
In these images the female is

Help me determine the OS. Saratov region

1, 3 - Vespula germanica
4 - Polistes dominula
All working

As I understand it, there can be no other options here? Ectemnius sexcinctus ?

Yes, he is the one.

On the basis of what signs is this conclusion made?

"Based on" the biotope and body proportions.

AVA, apparently you've never been involved in maintaining serviformics. Pupae without cocoons are common, especially in the first brood, probably due to a lack of protein in the larvae. But in subsequent broods, too, there are, if underfed. This does not affect metomorphosis in any way. Everything there is normal and with the length of the epinotum and with the number of segments of the petiolus (1 piece). I recommend getting such ants, it is very simple, interesting and informative. In addition, a working ecophyll would be larger than that surfviform uterus.

You're right - I've never been involved in keeping not only serviformics, but ants in general. And, to be honest, I'm not going to do it, I'm just not interested.
Finally, the size of worker ecophylls is very variable, even in the same family, not to mention in different species.

"Based on" the biotope and body proportions.

Actually, in my opinion - serious abilities.. True, Ezox here claimed that he can distinguish between the founder and the workers on the nest at the beginning of the season, but he seems to be on the wrong comparison, although Ezox can do a lot of things, in words he is Leo Tolstoy)) But at the end of the season to distinguish the last generation from the penultimate, but without comparison and one individual is cool, you need to find out if other specialists can do this)

Here I have to regretfully agree with Pan Stepov: it is impossible to reliably distinguish a reproductive female polist from a working individual from a photo (without being a psychic). The proportions of the body (namely, the degree of spreading of the abdominal rings, otherwise there are no differences at all) depend on the physiological state of the individual at the moment, and are subject to strong changes during life. I didn't understand about the biotope at all. Females and males (and males too) occupy the same biotopes, otherwise it is difficult to imagine. If it meant visiting flowers, then this is quite normal for future founders of polistas, as well as for males. Of course, they like to sit on the nest waiting for handouts, but they are also quite capable of getting food for themselves, and they use this ability quite actively. Moreover, even in the internal anatomy, there is no clear border between founders and workers, there are individuals of an intermediate type, whose caste differentiation occurs already in the imago phase, in the first days after emerging from the cocoon.

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