Jun 29
WASP BLAST! I got bored, and crammed together every single wasp drawing I have done so far. A collage, if you will. Enjoy!
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WASP BLAST! I got bored, and crammed together every single wasp drawing I have done so far. A collage, if you will. Enjoy!
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this Mud-dauber Wasp chose our windowsil to build her nest! after a bit of investigation of me and my camera, she graciously allowed me to photograph her while she worked on her construction.
in the photos above, she has arrived with a ball of mud collected from somewhere nearby. this nest isn't for her to live in, but for her young to grow and pupate. in this mass of mud she will craft several individual cells, and provision them all with the paralysed bodies of orb-weaver spiders. each cell will have a single egg laid on the first spider, before being sealed off with more mud.
here, she picks the next spot to deposit her ball of mud, using her mandibles to smooth it onto the structure. when the larvae hatch, they will consume all the spiders in their respective cells, before pupating and then emerging as adults wasps.
each time she finished with a layer of mud, she would take a moment to groom her forelegs and antennae, before flying off to repeat the process. these photos were taken earlier in the Summer, and as of posting this, the adult wasps have yet to emerge.
Covered-cell Mud-dauber Wasp, female (Sceliphron laetum).
off and on duty
A bee and wasps fell in love with Mastic-leaf Prickly Ash (Zanthoxylum schinifolium) 💛
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Native Stingless bees with pollen pants
These bees sure are busy!
They appear to be nesting inside an old plastic fountain. I’ve also seen them nest in walls, cracked concrete, really anywhere that’s good for them.
The bees are also carrying big balls of pollen. Because of the position of the pollen on their legs, it looks like they’re wearing puffy pants ❤
Unidentified, Tribe Meliponini
02/01/23
Infraorder Aculeata
Schiller Woods - Chicago, IL - May 15th, 2024
Okay so the most I can for sure say is that this is a part of Infraorder Aculeata BUT I think it is most likely a part of the Genus Nomada or Nomad Bees possibly N. maculata or the Spotted Nomad Bee. If anyone has any insights I'd really appreciate them or as always you can help me ID things on INat using the link above. They are Kleptoparasites of other types of bees. Parasitic insects really truely hold such a special place in my heart.
this very polite little gal (Bombus impatiens) landed on me while I was on a hike yesterday. she landed on my shirt, looking a bit sluggish, so I decided to (gently) scoop her onto my hand to give her an opportunity to drink a bit of my sweat before relocating her to a flower, where she promptly got lost in the sauce. while reviewing the photos for iNat, I realized there was something on her leg. I'm not too adept with bumblebees and their various parasites; does anyone know what that is? for all I know, it could just be a clump of pollen, but I've never heard of pollen pants being asymmetrical. TIA!