A Pison sp. mud wasp (Crabronidae) nest. Yandoit, Victoria, Australia - Alex Wild Photography - Insect Photography - Insect Pictures

Hymenoptera

is a diverse order of insects that contains wasps, bees, and sawflies. Many species are parasitic on other insects and are important in biological control of pests. Several groups have evolved complex social behavior, particularly in the bees and ants.

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A Pison sp. mud wasp (Crabronidae) nest.

Yandoit, Victoria, Australia

Breaking open the sealed mud cell of a Pison mud wasp (Crabronidae) reveals a cache of paralyzed spiders. By not killing the spiders outright, the wasp's larvae can eat them before they start to rot.

Yandoit, Victoria, Australia

A wasp egg (Pison sp., Crabronidae) on a paralyzed spider.

Yandoit, Victoria, Australia

Asobara citri (Braconidae: Alysiinae) is a parasitoid of drosophilid fruit flies.

Laboratory culture at Emory University, Georgia, USA

Leptopilina boulardi (Figitidae) is a parasitoid wasp that attacks the larvae of drosophilid fruit flies. Here, a female probes a rotting banana with her ovipositor.

Laboratory culture at Emory University, Georgia, USA

Leptopilina boulardi (Figitidae)

Laboratory culture at Emory University, Georgia, USA

Leptopilina boulardi (Figitidae) is a parasitoid wasp that attacks the larvae of drosophilid fruit flies. Here, a female probes a rotting banana with her ovipositor.

Laboratory culture at Emory University, Georgia, USA

A male Leptopilina boulardi (Figitidae) lifts his wings in preparation for flight.

Laboratory culture at Emory University, Georgia, USA

Trichopria drosophilae (Diapriidae) is a parasitoid wasp that attacks the pupae of drosophilid fruit flies. Here, a female probes a pupa with her ovipositor.

Laboratory culture at Emory University, Georgia, USA

A Pison sp. mud wasp (Crabronidae) nest.

Yandoit, Victoria, Australia

A Pison sp. mud wasp (Crabronidae) nest.

Yandoit, Victoria, Australia

A Pison sp. mud wasp (Crabronidae) nest.

Yandoit, Victoria, Australia

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Keywords: hymenoptera wasp nest potter wasp mud dauber pison crabronidae extended phenotype

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