ipernity: Adrian Jones' photos with the keyword: wasp

Tiny Braconid ? Wasp

Adrian Jones

17 Oct 2019

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A tiny, about 3mm long, Braconid? wasp about to take off from a blade of grass in my lawn.

Wasp

Adrian Jones

24 Mar 2018

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Ichneumon Wasp Ovipositing

Adrian Jones

14 Jun 2016

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A small Ichneumon Wasp oviposits in a rotting tree trunk in my garden, Shrewsbury, Shropshire.

Chrysis ignita

Adrian Jones

06 Jun 2016

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A Ruby Tailed Wasp (Chrysis ignita) resting on a rotting tree stump in my garden.

Mellinus arvensis female

Adrian Jones

04 Sep 2014

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Whilst walking near Nipstone in Shropshire I came across an old wall, now mostly collapsed but home to a large aggregation of Mellinus arvensis that were busy bringing flies back to their nesting burrows. The flies serve as food for the wasps larvae.

Mellinus arvensis female

Adrian Jones

04 Sep 2014

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Whilst walking near Nipstone in Shropshire I came across an old wall, now mostly collapsed but home to a large aggregation of Mellinus arvensis that were busy bringing flies back to their nesting burrows. The flies serve as food for the wasps larvae.

Ichneumon Wasp

Adrian Jones

30 Jan 2013

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First one of the year, despite the gale force winds this Ichneumon wasp was sitting sunning itself on a small conifer tree in my garden today. Uncropped image.