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Andalusia, Spain
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Grafton Flyford, England, United Kingdom
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Penamellera Baja, Asturias, Spain
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Jimena, Andalusia, Spain
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Florida, United States
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A welcome visitor to our garden this week. This one is a male. It has a number of sharp points at the the end of its abdomen. Females have a tapered pointed end to their abdomen. "Coelioxys bees are cuckoo bees (or 'cleptoparasites') which lay their eggs inside the nests of other types of bees in a similar way as cuckoo birds lay eggs in the nests of other types of birds. ...The eggs hatch into Coelioxys larvae which kill the leafcutter bee young and also eat the food stored for them."
www.aussiebee.com.au/coelioxys-bee-dec2011.htmlPhoto: Jean
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Hervey Range, Queensland, Australia
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Lateral. Scale bar 1 mm.MZLU-HYM00027403
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Chalcidoidea - Encyrtidae - EncyrtinaeNon Type Female collected in Burnham Beeches (England, UK) by Zdenek BouekPhotograph by Natalie Dale-Skey
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Orpen, Mpumalanga, South Africa
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a wasp of the Scelionidae family from the leaves of Scilla peruviana in the front garden, a male Trimorus spp. wasp, keys out pretty well to Trimorus fulvimanus, 1.3mm long, the longitudinal stria on the frons accords specifically with this species. Lots of detail pictures below, all can be viewed larger with a click.Thanks are owed to David Notton for supplying the Medvedev Key.
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MaleAustraliaPhotograph by Natalie Dale-Skey
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Pnigalio pectinicornis - a parasitoid wasp of the family Eulophidae, subfamily Eulophinae, found in Bixley Wood at the far end of the ride. detail pictures below can be viewed larger with a click, and show 4 funicle segments, complete median carina and transverse ridge on shiny propodeum, marginal vein 3x length of stigmal vein, bichromatic hind tibia.
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England, United Kingdom
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Sarawak, Malaysia
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Camin, Veneto, Italy
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FemaleUnited KingdomPhotograph by Koorosh McCormack
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Purbeck District, England, UK
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Sandalwood Mobile Home Park, Florida, United States
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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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