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Hello #Fediverse!
Any #wasps expert here? We might have a queen hibernating in our bedroom, and would love some advice. I have disturbed her this evening, and she started buzzing around for some minutes. Went out, closed her inside, and by the time we returned with a cup to catch her she has disappeared and has gone completely silent. Windows and doors shut, so we believe she has probably crawled in some remote corner within the wardrobe. What should we do? Leave or find her?
#advice

SOLVED 👇
Hello #Fediverse!
Any #wasps expert here? We might have a queen hibernating in our bedroom, and would love some advice. I have disturbed her this evening, and she started buzzing around for some minutes. Went out, closed her inside, and by the time we returned with a cup to catch her she has disappeared and has gone completely silent. Windows and doors shut, so we believe she has probably crawled in some remote corner within the wardrobe. What should we do? Leave or find her?
#advice

EEK!! A live hornet nest has just been found (and destroyed) in Auckland. This is a big species of stinging wasp. We really don't want these to establish.

Please keep an extra careful eye out for unusual wasps, especially if you're in the Auckland area.

You can post photos on iNaturalist NZ (iNaturalist app or iNaturalist.nz website) if you're not sure what species you've got. If you are sure, please don't delay and call Biosecurity NZ straight away at 0800 809 966 or use their online reporting tool at report.mpi.govt.nz/pest/.

https://www.mpi.govt.nz/news/media-releases/public-urged-to-look-out-for-hornets-in-auckland

#Biosecurity #nz #wasps #hymenoptera

EEK!! A live hornet nest has just been found (and destroyed) in Auckland. This is a big species of stinging wasp. We really don't want these to establish.

Please keep an extra careful eye out for unusual wasps, especially if you're in the Auckland area.

You can post photos on iNaturalist NZ (iNaturalist app or iNaturalist.nz website) if you're not sure what species you've got. If you are sure, please don't delay and call Biosecurity NZ straight away at 0800 809 966 or use their online reporting tool at report.mpi.govt.nz/pest/.

https://www.mpi.govt.nz/news/media-releases/public-urged-to-look-out-for-hornets-in-auckland

#Biosecurity #nz #wasps #hymenoptera

Malcolm Storey created and maintains https://www.bioimages.org.uk , a huge catalogue of high-resolution images of most animals that can be found in the British Isles, except for birds and other vertebrates.

Offers one of the most comprehensive catalogue of #Ichneumonidae images with special emphasis on macro photography to illustrate species-diagnostic features.

Malcolm has been identifying thousands of parasitoid wasps at #iNaturalist – that's how I found out. Thanks so much for all your work.
https://www.inaturalist.org/people/3839145

#wasplove #wasps #entomology #insects #UK

Malcolm Storey created and maintains https://www.bioimages.org.uk , a huge catalogue of high-resolution images of most animals that can be found in the British Isles, except for birds and other vertebrates.

Offers one of the most comprehensive catalogue of #Ichneumonidae images with special emphasis on macro photography to illustrate species-diagnostic features.

Malcolm has been identifying thousands of parasitoid wasps at #iNaturalist – that's how I found out. Thanks so much for all your work.
https://www.inaturalist.org/people/3839145

#wasplove #wasps #entomology #insects #UK

This isa mystery. It is a distorted flower bud on a magnolia. It appears to be a wasp gall but hosting numerous larvae, rather than one. The white spots are odd though.

This is a fully mature specimen tree grown in a huge pot, so I would guess sourced wholesale from Italy.

Galls are normally quite specific but I can't find any reference to a specific wasp.

Magnolia is not a UK native so my presumption is that this is an invasive. I intend to remove the galls and destroy them, as a precaution.

Has anyone seen these before?

#insects #wasps #entomology #horticulture #magnolia