Today I learned more about Wasp Parasitizer Moths, in the genus Chalcoela.

Why do something dangerous like be out in the open for days eating cabbage leaves when you instead can be inside a *wasp nest* eating *wasp larvae*.

Respect.

(The moths are among candidates being considered for paper wasp biocontrol in the Pacific including NZ.)

https://www.bugguide.net/node/view/29597
https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.19811.02086
https://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/assets/Events/biosecurity-bonanza/2024/29-July-24-Brown-Biosecurity-bananas-paper-wasp-biocontrol.pdf

#Chalcoela #moths #NaturalHistory #mothodon #Lepidoptera #entomology #TIL

Today I learned more about Wasp Parasitizer Moths, in the genus Chalcoela.

Why do something dangerous like be out in the open for days eating cabbage leaves when you instead can be inside a *wasp nest* eating *wasp larvae*.

Respect.

(The moths are among candidates being considered for paper wasp biocontrol in the Pacific including NZ.)

https://www.bugguide.net/node/view/29597
https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.19811.02086
https://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/assets/Events/biosecurity-bonanza/2024/29-July-24-Brown-Biosecurity-bananas-paper-wasp-biocontrol.pdf

#Chalcoela #moths #NaturalHistory #mothodon #Lepidoptera #entomology #TIL

Februar 9 @ 16:00 - 17:00 CET
[Webinar] From Drawers to the Open Web: Wikidata for Natural History Museum Collections

https://winoda.de/en/event/webinar-wikidata/

#naturalhistory #museums #collections #specimens #wikidata

Februar 9 @ 16:00 - 17:00 CET
[Webinar] From Drawers to the Open Web: Wikidata for Natural History Museum Collections

https://winoda.de/en/event/webinar-wikidata/

#naturalhistory #museums #collections #specimens #wikidata

The best thing I've discovered on the internet this week is Joseph Ricketts' channel where he snorkels and finds interesting creatures. Here's a taste, where he snorkels a forest creek in Alabama, in mid-winter, and still finds all sorts of interesting things. That includes tiny freshwater sponges with symbiotic algae. Plus, Joseph makes his own music for his videos, in this case played on his parents' piano.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jd8e9zfn0k
https://josephrickettsphoto.smugmug.com/

#nature #FreshWater #ecology #NaturalHistory #snorkelling #snorkeling

The best thing I've discovered on the internet this week is Joseph Ricketts' channel where he snorkels and finds interesting creatures. Here's a taste, where he snorkels a forest creek in Alabama, in mid-winter, and still finds all sorts of interesting things. That includes tiny freshwater sponges with symbiotic algae. Plus, Joseph makes his own music for his videos, in this case played on his parents' piano.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jd8e9zfn0k
https://josephrickettsphoto.smugmug.com/

#nature #FreshWater #ecology #NaturalHistory #snorkelling #snorkeling

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