Identification of Hymenoptera (wasps, bees, ants)

well, yes, this one looks more like Andrena sp, but I would like to see the venation more, according to the latest photos, I generally think it's like Colletes sp. Although the collective hairs are very well developed...Yes, I can assume that Andrena

This is like, to get a closer look at an insect, you need to move away.
We urgently need to correct the situation, especially since, as I understand it, you are not
photographing for yourself, but for websites. Who will consider what there?
Or = doesn't care???

I already answered - I hope to decide within a month, or you have nothing else to write about? In the meantime, large insects get a little better.

Please specify if possible. 15.07.12. Rostov region.

From afar, it looks like Astata.

I already answered - I hope to decide within a month, or you have nothing else to write about? In the meantime, large insects get a little better.

yes, it seems to me that the quality is not worse or better, I just think you need to choose a different angle, so that at least the venation can be seen, then you can get to the end. And then fortune telling sometimes on coffee grounds

From afar, it looks like Astata.

Thank you. Recorded as Astata kashmirensis. From the available list for the Rostov region, I found a similar view - http://xespok.net/hymenoptera/main.php/v/U...YH1037.jpg.html

it would be so easy for me to learn how to identify bees
and then all that I'm sweating, I sit for hours with theses, I try to translate English, I study genitals

it would be so easy for me to learn how to identify bees
and then all that I'm sweating, I sit with theses for hours, I try to translate English, I study genitals  

Well, I didn't say that I did!
Just choose from 7 options a similar look without guarantees.
Only a specialist who knows all the subtleties can reliably determine.
Well, when there is no exact answer or no answer at all, you have to guess yourself (again, do not determine!) based on available photos and drawings, such as with bumblebees.

I'm not arguing with you for any reason, I'm just wondering why you need notes, captions under photos that are not the result of a definition (as you say), but simply possible and not confirmed by one of the options?? Isn't it interesting to at least get to the bottom of it?

I'm not arguing with you for any reason, I'm just wondering why you need notes, captions under photos that are not the result of a definition (as you say), but simply possible and not confirmed by one of the options?? Isn't it interesting to at least get to the bottom of it?

In this case, I'm saying that I personally can't get to the bottom of the truth myself, although it's interesting. And if I guess it myself, I still ask! And when there is no response from the specialist, I leave my version until the moment of possible clarification. Logical?

 
Well, when there is no exact answer or no answer at all, you have to guess yourself (again, do not determine!) based on available photos and drawings, such as with bumblebees.

For me, if there is no exact answer, then it is better to write Astata sp.

I think they started to flood a little
I agree with Alexey better than sp. just here on the photo sometimes up to the kind that is not clear. If the run-up is from colletes to andren and haliktus.

for Egorus: WELL, if the photo is placed somewhere on the site and signed with such a definition, then of course I think criticism of the photos is appropriate.
Sorry for my ignorance, but what is a "bundle"in this sense? My last message was probably said more as an irony, because without binoculars, if only with any group of this region on YOU, I definitely pass. I usually even if I recognize an insect from a photo and want to help a person somehow, I write "look at the subject of this.... or maybe you have something...." Sometimes such answers to my questions are even more useful, then I myself get to the bottom of it using determinants and of course my favorite MBS-10

for akulich-sibiria
, my post is also such an irony.
"bundle" - this is from the previous post (#3297) from Anatoly 52, and means, in this particular case, the joint use
of the carcass of a good camera and a lens designed for high-quality shooting of remote objects.
Such a bundle is strictly not recommended for use for shooting close objects. Especially for detecting
captured objects.
In other (normal) words, I wanted to say that for a correct, thorough determination, you need to use binoculars,
and for a quick and superficial determination (as you ironically said), you can also use a "bundle".

P.S. for everyone:
I am fully aware of the problems faced by people
who are simultaneously engaged in "long-range" and "macro" shooting.
I feel sorry for them. And they periodically "sacrifice" some objects in
favor of others.
But these are themes for other themes.

well, I understand a little about cameras, I have kenon and fix weaving macro, the minimum distance is 30 cm...so for macro photography, it's quite even, although the aperture is good, but you can't get away from the wiggle. you have to sacrifice the depth of field that would somehow not be blurred. Unfortunately, I haven't mastered the flash yet, although I bought an external one, but I still can't overcome my knowledge of diffusers and reflectors)))

Perhaps not quite on the topic, but they are silent in the definition of larvae.
Help me determine the type of sawfly, I didn't find anything similar anywhere.
Ukraine, Rivne region, May 26, in a young pine plantation.

Perhaps not quite on the topic, but they are silent in the definition of larvae.
Help me determine the type of sawfly, I didn't find anything similar anywhere.
Ukraine, Rivne region, May 26, in a young pine plantation.

Some kind of sawfly. Probably Diprion.
It differs from the" common pine sawfly " Diprion pini in the pattern of dots and the color of the head. Or maybe it's just a polymorphism.

Some kind of sawfly. Probably Diprion.
It differs from the" common pine sawfly " Diprion pini in the pattern of dots and the color of the head. Or maybe it's just polymorphism.

Can't be Neodiprion sertifer ?
Discovered on the same day, ibid.:

The second one is exactly Neodiprion sertifer, but the first one is not clear what. Maybe a larva after molting?

dear colleagues,
help us determine up to a family or superfamily

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dear colleagues,
help us determine up to a family or superfamily

Bethylidae.

The second one is exactly Neodiprion sertifer, but the first one is not clear what. Maybe a larva after molting?

They look very similar-maybe a color variation ?

Hello everyone
I just had an appointment with LOR at the clinic - on the last trip I got a small bee in my ear... Imagine the feelings and how much fun it was for me (previously, I mostly got small nocturnal butterflies in my ears - when fishing for light) to listen to her chants...
In the field, or rather in a field camp, I had to pour good expensive oil in my ear (since it was used for frying fish) so that the animal would simply die from lack of oxygen. And already in the city I had to (for the first time I lost count) stomp to the ent to wash my ear...

Yes, the rarest book on bees is on sale on Alibi! I recently bought one after a long search in libraries and private collections for a lot of money in electronic form.
It is a sad fact that the book put up for sale was once stolen from the library of the Penza Museum of Local Lore-as evidenced by the seal "FIELD" - Penza Society of Natural History Lovers (1901-1929).

Kokuev N. R. Tables for determining hymenopteran insects of Central Russia. Proceedings of the Yaroslavl Natural History Society. Volume II. Yaroslavl. Typog-I am A. G. Falk. 1909 [4] + 228c. Hardcover, regular format. 2 tables (51 + 26 fig.) on incl.
(Seller: BS-arturlib, Moscow.) Price 700 rubles.
Condition: close to good. A lost fragment of the text sheet has been restored. Old stamp of the institution.
See: book view-title page-index

This post was edited by Penzyak - 23.07.2012 09: 07

Ukraine, Rivne region, May 30.
Andrena ??


Can we say something about this Ectemnius ?



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Help us identify these operating systems. Found today in Karelia.

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Ukraine, Rivne region, May 30.
Bombus campestris ??

On July 19, I observed very strange actions of ants... They brought the pupae to small pools of water and rinsed them in the water! They brought a lot of pupae, put them in the water a couple of times and took them away.

I can't find any information on this topic... What was going on? A bath day?

I will be grateful for the information!!!

All this happened very quickly and there are few photos that clearly show the process itself. But still, I post what I have:

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On July 19, I observed very strange actions of ants... They brought the pupae to small pools of water and rinsed them in the water! They brought a lot of pupae, put them in the water a couple of times and took them away.

Very interesting observations! Great photos!

Very interesting observations! Great photos!

Thanks! But what exactly was happening is unknown, right?

This year, our favorite vacation spot, the fisherman's house, was attacked by very large wasps. They flew into the house, circled around. One thing pleases: they began to appear before our departure and did not cause much concern. I didn't dare take pictures of the living ones (horror-horror), so the definition of the mortal remains of one specimen. Interesting species, whether aggressive, solitary, or live in a swarm. I want to know what I will have to fight next year...
Arkhangelsk region, Kargopol district. End of July.


If you need other angles, I'll try to do it.
And more wasps. Already much smaller (although outwardly very similar, but smaller than 1.5-2 times), so I dared to approach the next guest:

The questions are the same: appearance, aggressiveness, is it possible to drive away from home?

This year, our favorite vacation spot, the fisherman's house, was attacked by very large wasps. They flew into the house, circled around. One thing pleases: they began to appear before our departure and did not cause much concern. I didn't dare take pictures of the living ones (horror-horror), so the definition of the mortal remains of one specimen. Interesting species, whether aggressive, solitary, or live in a swarm. I want to know what I will have to fight next year...
Arkhangelsk region, Kargopol district. End of July.


If you need other angles, I'll try to do it.
And more wasps. Already much smaller (although outwardly very similar, but smaller than 1.5-2 times), so I dared to approach the next guest:

The questions are the same: appearance, aggressiveness, is it possible to drive away from home?

You have Vespa crabro-a Hornet, they live in colonies, sting painfully and repeatedly like all wasps, a large individual is more likely a queen, small workers. In principle, if they do not interfere, it is better to leave until the fall, when they themselves will die, the uterus will spend the winter.

OEV, are there hornets in the Arkhangelsk region? I'm shocked... Well, we'll try to be careful next year... But they constantly climb into the house, it is only necessary to leave the door open for a minute, as 2-3 pcs. are already examining the room and buzzing like helicopters God forbid next year the swarm will find another place in the forest to replace our hut.

  OEV, are there hornets in the Arkhangelsk region? I'm shocked... Well, we'll try to be careful next year... But they constantly climb into the house, it is only necessary to leave the door open for a minute, as 2-3 pcs. are already examining the room and buzzing like helicopters God forbid next year the swarm will find another place in the forest to replace our hut.

Svetlana you know the climate is not predictable right now, so anything is possible

Hello to all etnomologists! On July 12 of this year, I photographed a wasp, but the species has not yet been identified. I'm working on oss in my field, I created a web project, but this is the first time I've met an OS. The size of the wasp is 2, or slightly more than cm. Presumably I have Dolichovespula omissa, but I need an exact answer. If someone knows for sure, I will be very grateful if you answer.

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Hi! I was in the Sayan Mountains this summer and saw a strange flying wonder. There was nothing to capture it and I can't even find its images on the web, so maybe one of you will help. It looks like this: it looks like a wasp, but the body is straight, the color has yellow, black and red fragments, behind 2 long hard stings, one under the other, the colors of black and red, the one that is higher is longer. 4 wings. The body is not shaggy, and the eyes are not quite wasp-like. The specimen itself was about 10 cm long. This is the largest insect I've ever seen. During the flight, a bass sound was heard.
I'm not an entomologist, so I apologize for the crooked description, just wondering what kind of species it is?

Hi! I was in the Sayan Mountains this summer and saw a strange flying wonder. There was nothing to capture it and I can't even find its images on the web, so maybe one of you will help. It looks like this: it looks like a wasp, but the body is straight, the color has yellow, black and red fragments, behind 2 long hard stings, one under the other, the colors of black and red, the one that is higher is longer. 4 wings. The body is not shaggy, and the eyes are not quite wasp-like. The specimen itself was about 10 cm long. This is the largest insect I've ever seen. During the flight, a bass sound was heard.
I'm not an entomologist, so I apologize for the crooked description, just wondering what kind of species it is?

there are no hymenoptera with a length of 10 cm in our fauna, the largest is a giant scolia of 5 cm.

Megarissa comes to mind, doesn't it? - http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BVAT0FI3vWo/TPJ8...urus_female.jpg

This post was edited by Mantispid - 23.07.2012 17: 49

Hi! I was in the Sayan Mountains this summer and saw a strange flying wonder. There was nothing to capture it and I can't even find its images on the web, so maybe one of you will help. It looks like this: it looks like a wasp, but the body is straight, the color has yellow, black and red fragments, behind 2 long hard stings, one under the other, the colors of black and red, the one that is higher is longer. 4 wings. The body is not shaggy, and the eyes are not quite wasp-like. The specimen itself was about 10 cm long. This is the largest insect I've ever seen. During the flight, a bass sound was heard.
I'm not an entomologist, so I apologize for the crooked description, just wondering what kind of species it is?

Don't worry, some horntail, for example, Urocerus gigas. Doesn't look like it (from the link)?
http://www.biolib.cz/en/image/id18874/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Urocerus_gigas5.jpg
http://zivotniprostredi.koprivnice.org/gimage.php?idx=548

This post was edited by Dmitrich - 23.07.2012 17: 52

Tsykada

Maybe a cicada or a horntail, but in general fear has big eyes