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4 4 Flower Wasp

Flower Wasp

by DonnGabrielGarciaPoblacion, Batangas, Philippines

0 0 Unknown wasp

Unknown wasp

by Mark RidgwayVictoria, Australia

An all black wasp about 20mm long body,

1 2 Flower wasps. Tífidos

Flower wasps. Tífidos

by eulalia rubioSagunto/Sagunt, Comunitat Valenciana, Spain

Avispa de las flores.

8 3 Tiphiidae (♀+♂)

Tiphiidae (♀+♂)

by Mark RidgwayVictoria, Australia

One large and one small wasps mating. Both red and black. The larger male can ...

0 0 Flower wasp (♂)

Flower wasp (♂)

by Mark RidgwayVictoria, Australia

A handsome male flower wasp about 25mm body length.

1 0 Flower Wasp

Flower Wasp

by Leuba RidgwayVictoria, Australia

A large wasp with a slender, long black abdomen with bright yellow lateral ...

0 0 Five-banded Tiphiid Wasp

Five-banded Tiphiid Wasp

by jematul1Ludlow, Massachusetts, USA

One of many which have nests throughout roofing

24 13 Flower Wasp

Flower Wasp

by JC GarciaBatangas City, Batangas, Philippines

A wasp with an orange head.

0 2 Tiphiid Wasp (male)

Tiphiid Wasp (male)

by DarwinistWinter Garden, Florida, USA

Solitary wasp. One inch long. Very slender. Thick black antennae.

0 2 Five-banded Tiphiid Wasp (male)

Five-banded Tiphiid Wasp (male)

by BillWindhamFlorida, USA

This flying animal was found drowning in the pool

2 4 Flower wasp

Flower wasp

by martinlMelbourne, Victoria, Australia

A large parasitoid wasp sometimes called a flower wasp that typically lays eggs ...

1 1 Vespa thynninae macho (Male Thynninae Wasp)

Vespa thynninae macho (Male Thynninae Wasp)

by asergioTijucas do Sul, Paraná, Brazil

Males of Thynninae have wings, but the females are very different, wingless, ...

0 1 Flower wasp with wingless female

Flower wasp with wingless female

by martinlMelbourne, Victoria, Australia

This orange wasp is coupled with a wingless female. She lays eggs in the ...

2 0 White-collared Flower Wasp

White-collared Flower Wasp

by LeubaMelbourne, Victoria, Australia

This spotting is of a winged male (8mm) and a slightly smaller wingless female ...

1 0 Mating flower wasps

Mating flower wasps

by Mark RidgwayMelbourne, Victoria, Australia

A wingless female wasp attached to a winged male. Past spottings like this ...

0 1 Blue Ant (Female Wasp)

Blue Ant (Female Wasp)

by LeubaVictoria, Australia

This 23 mm long metallic blue "ant " with red legs and antennae is actually a ...

2 1 Five-banded Tiphiid wasp (male)

Five-banded Tiphiid wasp (male)

by GoodyTulsa, Oklahoma, USA

There are 10 species in the United States. Females are robust, with short, ...

2 2 Scoliid Wasp

Scoliid Wasp

by PrakashPBKerala, India

not as apparent as in the Tiphiidae, a ...

1 3 Flower wasp

Flower wasp

by Mark RidgwayMelbourne, Victoria, Australia

This large and strong looking wasp. Approximately 30mm face-to-tail, setae ...

0 0 Tiphiid Wasp

Tiphiid Wasp

by ForestDragonNew York, USA

I helped this beauty out of our screen-in tent while we were camping. Black ...

4 2 Native Flower Wasp

Native Flower Wasp

by lori.tasTasmania, Australia

Native Flower wasp. Female.are wingless, and hunt ground-dwelling beetle ...

0 2 Flower Wasp - male

Flower Wasp - male

by LeubaVictoria, Australia

A large black wasp about 35mm long with a robust thorax, thin waist and ...

0 2 Black Flower Wasp - male & female

Black Flower Wasp - male & female

by Leuba RidgwayVictoria, Australia

A black male wasp ( about 15 mm long) with clear wings and narrow abdomen with ...

0 0 June bug, May Beetle

June bug, May Beetle

by hexforlifeRipley, Tennessee, USA

, including Pelecinidae, Scoliidae, and

1 0 Tiphiid wasps (males)

Tiphiid wasps (males)

by BugEricColorado Springs, Colorado, USA

About 15 millimeters in body length, very slender, banded black and yellow.

0 0 Tiphiid wasp (female)

Tiphiid wasp (female)

by BugEricColorado Springs, Colorado, USA

About 12-15 millimeters in body length, colored as shown. Very spiny legs.

3 3 Back seat driver (♀♂)

Back seat driver (♀♂)

by Mark RidgwayMelbourne, Victoria, Australia

Back seat driver !?
A tiny wingless female flower wasp rides around ...

1 1 Tiphiid Wasp (♂)

Tiphiid Wasp (♂)

by Mark RidgwayVictoria, Australia

About 30mm long overall. Mostly black with fine pale setae around head and ...

7 0 Wasp mimic longhorn beetle

Wasp mimic longhorn beetle

by Mark RidgwayEmerald, Victoria, Australia

A large longicorn which looks very similar to the larger flower wasps (

2 1 Blue Ant ( Male Wasp)

Blue Ant ( Male Wasp)

by Leuba RidgwayVictoria, Australia

This wasp was of a moderate size-15 mm. It had black head, eyes, thorax and ...

0 0 Flower Wasp

Flower Wasp

by Mary Henschel ChadseyFlorida, USA

The Tiphiidae (also known as the tiphiid ...

21 10 Bluebottle, aka Blue 'ant' wasp

Bluebottle, aka Blue 'ant' wasp

by lori.tasBagdad, Tasmania, Australia

A type of flower wasp, Blue "ants", aka Bluebottles, have a distinctive ...

1 1 Bluebottle, aka Blue 'ant' wasp Diamma bicolor

Bluebottle, aka Blue 'ant' wasp Diamma bicolor

by RoseHillQueensland, Australia

Diamminae, and is both morphologically and behaviorally unusual among members ...

2 1 Western Tiger Beetle

Western Tiger Beetle

by Brian38Washington, USA

Tiphiidae), lay their eggs on larvae of ...

7 4 wasp

wasp

by SusanEllisonHouston, Texas, USA

male Agaonidae, many female Ichneumonidae, Braconidae,

0 0 Red Velvet Ant (Cow killer) (female)

Red Velvet Ant (Cow killer) (female)

by RebeccaSatterleeSanta Fe, New Mexico, USA

the related family Tiphiidae. In ...

1 0 Velvet Ant

Velvet Ant

by AlbertKangPahang, Malaysia

, which is also seen in the related family

0 0 Spider Hunting Wasp

Spider Hunting Wasp

Yorktown, Virginia, USA

, Braconidae, Tiphiidae, Scelionidae, ...

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