Identification of Hymenoptera (wasps, bees, ants)

It is a parasitic horseman from the family Eulophidae (superfamily. Chalcidoidea)

To determine the exact species, you need a copy of the bee corresponding to the volume of the "Determinant of Insects of the European part of the USSR" (on the forum it is called the green determinant), and a good magnification.
I have quite good collections for megahills in the future, I have looked through the entire collection-it is very similar to Icteranthidium laterale Latr.
Another photo of the "face" is a front view and a view of the back from the back from the abdomen....

A very small bee, so far only the "face"has been removed.
I am somewhat confused by the version that the bee used "secondary" housing.
The pitcher is smaller than that of the pill wasps, the geometry is somewhat different, the original hole is not visible-I am inclined to think that the pitcher was made by this bee.

Pictures:

P1220815web.jpg — (184.68к)

Yes, it looks like a sucker. This is most likely Anthidiellum strigatum.

And you seem to be right. It is this species, unlike most related ones, that makes nests itself, and does not use ready-made cavities. He fastens his "jugs" on the rocks.

No one can tell you what kind of eardrum it is? Photographed in early June in the Moscow region. Some kind of rider?

Pictures:

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Tell me what beetles parasitize red-fronted scolia.
Fabre's all about the yellow-browed one. Not on rhinos, by any chance ?

Tell me what beetles parasitize red-fronted scolia.
Fabre's all about the yellow-browed one. Not on rhinos, by any chance ?

I always have problems with Russian names... red-fronted scolia - what's the Latin word for it?

I always have problems with Russian names... red-fronted scolia - what's the Latin word for it?

I certainly don't know. A huge wasp ( 5cm) with a striped body and red head,
encountered while searching for rhinos. There is a large plate larva nearby. And two cocoons. Here I think there is a connection or not . There was no time to examine the larva, and it moved briskly,
Cocoons I don't know, whose scolias or beetles? I'll review everything in detail tomorrow.
There are several versions : scolia hunted for the larva but did not have time to paralyze it (the best option, I will give the larva to see how everything happens), scolia just came out of the cocoon-also not bad, there will be several scolias I will give several larvae to choose from, just a case – the larva is not an object of hunting, cocoons of beetles, and scolia until tomorrow it won't survive .

Judging by what is written here: http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=82110

The yellow-throated Scolia (Scolia) flaviceps Eversmann 1846, and the red-throated Scolia (Scolia) erythrocephala Fabricius 1798

Judging by what is written here: http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=82110

The yellow-throated Scolia (Scolia) flaviceps Eversmann 1846, and the red-throated Scolia (Scolia) erythrocephala Fabricius 1798

At first, I also thought that it was Scolia erythrocephala F., but in the "Fauna of the USSR" it is written that it is a Western Mediterranean species. In Astrakhan, well, not at all found...

Maybe it's Scolia maculata ? The head is red, the size is large, in Astrakhan it is found...
If it is-then the main host is just a rhinoceros beetle.

Help plz determine.
All Moscow region Domodedovo district

Pictures:

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Help plz determine.
All Moscow region Domodedovo district

If no one answers by tonight, I'll come back and write. In principle, everything is clear to the end, I just want to double-check in a quiet environment, and now it's time to go-catch it yourself.
Thank you for the photo of the wing, very convenient.

Help plz determine.
All Moscow region Domodedovo district

Photo 1 is a bee from the genus Andrena. You can try defining up to the view.
And there are no bigger and lighter photos? What I see resembles either Andrena wilkella or A. gravida..... Don't need a better picture
photo 2 - it looks like a bumblebee-cuckoo Psithyrus rupestris. Well, very similar.
Photo 3-just a bumblebee (genus Bombus). I won't be able to get to the type
4 - burrowing wasp (Sphecidae) from the subfamily Crabroninae. Or the genus Crabro or Ectemnius, and if the size is less than 1 cm, then it can be Crossocerus. Figs determine.
well, photo 5 folding-winged wasp (family Vespidae)

At first, I also thought that it was Scolia erythrocephala F., but in the "Fauna of the USSR" it is written that it is a Western Mediterranean species. In Astrakhan, well, not at all found...

Maybe it's Scolia maculata ? The head is red, the size is large, in Astrakhan it is found...
If it is-then the main host is just a rhinoceros beetle.

Photo for identification purposes. The experience was 50% successful. The wasp paralyzed the larva, but did not want to lay an egg. I made a video. I think the larva can be covered with soil and the wasp will correct the situation. She has nowhere to go. space is limited. Although Fabre writes that in the absence of soil, scolia only paralyzes, and does not lay eggs. The question arose: in twenty days, will the rhino larva die or will it recover from the poison ?

Pictures:

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Yes, like her. In the sense of Scolia maculata.
Tell us about the results of the experiment.

to Double A
n0706037.jpg -this is an ichneumonid rider from the genus Metopius (n. sem. Metopiinae). The photo is good, probably it will be possible to determine the view, still look at his face...
similar to M. mediterraneus Clement

to nimu
o.JPG -also the ichneumonid Metopius sp.

to okoem & Alex 2611
20070401_214931.jpg " A horseman of the Ichneumonidae family, genus Ophion, exactly.

to BO.
Rider from 1 page
web_DSC01186.jpg " looks like a male Arenetra pilosella Grav." (Ichneumonidae, Banchinae)

This post was edited by IchMan - 06/20/2007 17: 20

About riders from page 2:
to BO.P_1080245.jpg
- most likely, a representative of the p/sem. Cryptinae
Your Masyanya is something from the genus Ophioin (Ichneumonidae), possibly O. obscuratus

to sealor
ins.jpg -most likely, from p/sem. Ichneumoninae

to Double A
is Ichneumoninae, possibly Ichneumon

to Mylabris
first photo-p/sem. Campopleginae,
the second (with a long ovipositor) unfortunately, there is no venation at all, I would venture to assume that from the n/sem. Cryptinae

to amara
colorado ichneumonid horseman from the n / a family. Rhyssinae (Rhyssa or Megarhyssa), it has nothing to do with scutes - a parasite of xylophages

This post was edited by IchMan - 06/20/2007 16: 04

Dear IchMan. You don't happen to work on sessile-bellied membranes, do you?"

We really need definitive tables for the genera Cimbex, Abia, and Trichosoma.
I wanted to check it out in the "public" (or whatever it's called now), but it didn't work out: I lost my ticket (for the second time in four years) , now they won't let me in soon...

Photo 1 is a bee from the genus Andrena. You can try defining up to the view.
And there are no bigger and lighter photos? What I see resembles either Andrena wilkella or A. gravida..... Don't need a better picture
photo 2 - it looks like a bumblebee-cuckoo Psithyrus rupestris. Well, very similar.
Photo 3-just a bumblebee (genus Bombus). I won't be able to get to the type
4 - burrowing wasp (Sphecidae) from the subfamily Crabroninae. Or the genus Crabro or Ectemnius, and if the size is less than 1 cm, then it can be Crossocerus. Figs determine.
well, photo 5 folding-winged wasp (family Vespidae)

It is about the wasp,it is the wasp Vespula Germanica

In general, scolia is an interesting wasp, it has legs like a primitive bee, with hairs and wide, in addition, adults feed on nectar and pollen (possibly), have a specialized rather long proboscis, most likely devices on legs, this is to clean and discard pollen or to clean and eat pollen?

Greetings to all. =)
For 3 days now, such a non-acidic fly has been systematically flying to my balcony:



I already have 3 of them (I let one go) (If anyone needs it, I can give them the corpses. %))) I myself am far from entomology in general, but I know for sure that we have never seen such animals in the middle zone and in general there should not be such animals here. What kind of animal is this? Thank you.

Dear IchMan. You don't happen to work on sessile-bellied membranes, do you?"

We really need definitive tables for the genera Cimbex, Abia, and Trichosoma.
I wanted to check it out in the "public" (or whatever it's called now), but it didn't work out: I lost my ticket (for the second time in four years) , now they won't let me in soon...

I do not specifically deal with sessile-bellied animals (I specialize in some ichneumonid species), but I do define some things to the best of my abilities and capabilities, with the exception of Tenthredinidae - I immediately decided not to touch them. I only dealt with Symphyta from the NW of the country. In my opinion, Cimbex and Abia are normally defined according to the definition of the European part of the USSR (1988), whereas with Trichiosoma there are certain difficulties - it is desirable to have a reference collection. I really don't like such theses as, for example:
...highly shiny
- ... shiny
ones... highly expanded
- ... not very much expanded
... heavily
dotted... it's less heavily
dotted, and so on.
This is especially annoying when you need to determine 1 copy. some kind of animal and there is not much time to compare with other representatives of the genus, the materials with which are shoved somewhere far away... Well, that's the lyrics.
As I understand it, scans of these pages from the determinant are required. Now I don't have time for this, but in a couple of weeks (when I get back from the White Sea) I can probably help with this. Will it suit you?

Greetings to all. =)
For 3 days now, such a non-acidic fly has been systematically flying to my balcony:



I already have 3 of them (I let one go) (If anyone needs it, I can give them the corpses. %))) I myself am far from entomology in general, but I know for sure that we have never seen such animals in the middle zone and in general there should not be such animals here. What kind of animal is this? Thank you.

Bumblebee fly Volucella pellucens, fairly common

As I understand it, scans of these pages from the determinant are required. Now I don't have time for this, but in a couple of weeks (when I get back from the White Sea) I can probably help with this. Will it suit you?

Thank you in advance!!! In the summer, I practically do not determine, only catch. So I'm ready to wait.

This post was edited by alex 2611-20.06.2007 17: 09

I really don't like such theses as, for example:
...highly shiny
- ... shiny
ones... highly expanded
- ... not very much expanded
... heavily
dotted... it's less heavily
dotted, and so on.
This is especially annoying when you need to determine 1 copy. some kind of animal and there is not much time to compare with other representatives of the genus, the materials with which are shoved somewhere far away...

Yes, such theses are annoying. Well, you yourself described the solution to the problem - to have more species of the defined genus.
So I will catch and catch...

So I will catch and catch...

Good luck!

More photos of riders sent earlier

to Dinusik
P5060004.JPG - this is from n/a sem. Ichneumoninae

to Sv_Kononova
Fig. 2 probably n / sem. Banchinae
Fig.3 Ichneumoninae

Unfortunately, the group is quite complex, so that it is possible to confidently identify species from a single photo of a rider - this is possible for a very small number of large and bright species (out of 2600 species present in the European part of the USSR). We need the help of specialists in specific subfamilies, unfortunately, in this case, a specialist cannot know the entire ichneumonid fauna equally well

Please help me with the animal

Southern Ural

Please help me with the animal

Southern Urals

Some sessile-bellied hymenopteran, with wasp-like mimicry, probably male, judging by the shape of the tip of the abdomen

Yes, Megarhyssa, most likely gigas, if the trim is black then, emarginatoria

Yes, Megarhyssa, most likely gigas, if the casing is black, then emarginatoria

Both gigas and emarginatoria have become synonyms:
M. gigas Laxmann - actually = M. perlata (Christ), which, apparently, is present in the picture, and
M. emarginatoria = M. rixator (Schellenberg), but they are slightly darker.

About riders from page 2:
to BO.P_1080245.jpg
- most likely, a representative of the p/sem. Cryptinae

In my opinion, if P_1080245.jpg -Cryptinae, the group of genera Acrolytina from the tribe Gelini.

About riders from page 2:
to Mylabris
the second (with a long ovipositor) unfortunately, there is no venation at all, I would venture to prefer that from the n/sem. Cryptinae

Most likely Echthrus

About riders from page 2:

to amara
colorado ichneumonid horseman from the n / a family. Rhyssinae (Rhyssa or Megarhyssa), it has nothing to do with scutes - a parasite of xylophages

in my opinion Megarhyssa

  

Shot by a friend on the Karelian Isthmus. Obviously some kind of hymenopteran, probably a wasp. But since I'm not an entomologist, I can't be more specific

This is most likely the Tenthredo subgenus Rhogogaster, a group of species Tenthredo viridis

Today in Moscow, some kind of Eardrum got caught in the forest ... the size is more than half of a matchbox. I've never seen anything like it here before... In the south, I came across truths. What is this wasp?

http://89.113.86.219/Photos/Sphex1.jpg
http://89.113.86.219/Photos/Sphex2.jpg
http://89.113.86.219/Photos/Sphex3.jpg

Today in Moscow, some kind of Eardrum got caught in the forest ... the size is more than half of a matchbox. I've never seen anything like it here before... In the south, I came across truths. What is this wasp?

Well, it looks like a wasp from the family Sphecidae of the genus Ammophila .

An ammophile?) No, that's not it.. they have a more subtle structure.. and this one is stocky and shaggy) there are no such ammophiles here

http://images19.fotki.com/v332/photos/5/54...ophila03-vi.jpg - so according to the idea of an ammophile, it looks like

Sparrow - I would say it is Sphex

Bad Den I thought so too... Vaughn called the pictures that. What is the range of Sphex? I haven't seen them around Moscow before, that's for sure. Maybe I was unlucky) that's why I was surprised by the wasp today.....

This post was edited by Sparrow - 24.06.2007 20: 22

Bad Den I thought so too... Vaughn called the pictures that. What is the range of Sphex? I haven't seen them around Moscow before, that's for sure. Maybe I was unlucky) that's why I was surprised by the wasp today.....

We kind of have them...
In any case, I vaguely heard from M. Mokrousov something like this, but I'm not 100% sure.

An ammophile?) No, that's not it.. they have a more subtle structure.. and this one is stocky and shaggy) there are no such ammophiles here

It should probably be borne in mind that the genus Ammophila consists of several species.
Without much effort and without getting into the reference books, I can immediately recall the usual Ammophila hirta in the middle zone of Russia - the species is more stocky and shaggy.....
As for the type of Sphex, if we were talking about the Astrakhan or Rostov regions, I would immediately think. But in the Moscow region?

I would still assume that Ammophila....

His abdomen is still sphex... and the tendrils are twisted)

Vida Ammofila hirt can't find it on the Internet at all - _ - Any links?