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*Whimpers*

For an ichneumon, this wasp is considered relatively easy to distinguish thanks to it's large size (roughly 30-35 mm), choice of hosts (sphinx moth caterpillars), and it's sleep schedule (it being diurnal, while most other members of it's subfamily are nocturnal). Many of the writings I found on them describe their flying style as "lazy" or "leisurely", but a few observation posts also mentioned how these wasps rarely stop to rest, possibly the reason why there's such a serious lack of information on these tiny dragons.

Yeah sorry wasp haters but y’all don’t know shit. Have you ever even seen the cuteness of Bembicini?

image by Dan Vickers

I can’t stop drawing mantises I fear

Lily of the valley, gouache 🌱

Green bugs! (sticker sheet in shop :)

This noble weevil | source

image by Dan Vickers

by Dash Huang

(I couldn't bribe her in the end, she takes her job seriously)

This wasp can often be found rooting around in mulch or woodchips in search of beetle grubs to lay her eggs on. Her other extracurriculars include slurping nectar from native flowers (and by proxy pollinating them) and finding a nice stick or reed to curl up around or dangle off of.

I really like that people looked at that first list and were like "it needs more"