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Ashes and Dust<p>Shadows of Contemplation.<br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/InsektenSamstag" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InsektenSamstag</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/insect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insect</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Hymenoptera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hymenoptera</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/wasp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wasp</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Ichneumonidae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ichneumonidae</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Manitoba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Manitoba</span></a></p>
Alex Wild<p>I've been imaging some of our searcher wasps (Ichneumonidae), in a futile attempt to stay ahead of the hyperdiversity. There are seemingly endless variations on these wasps. This is Tromatobia notator, found in a marsh along the Texas coast. <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Insects</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Ichneumonidae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ichneumonidae</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/wasps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wasps</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Entomology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Entomology</span></a></p>
Ashes and Dust<p>A long-legged Ichneumonid wasp with multi-colored stockings for <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/WaspWednesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaspWednesday</span></a></p><p>Manitoba, Canada. <br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/wasp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wasp</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/insect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insect</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Manitoba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Manitoba</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Hymenoptera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hymenoptera</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Ichneumonidae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ichneumonidae</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/bugstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bugstodon</span></a></p>
Alex Wild<p>A female Xorides wasp has sensed a beetle grub deep in this redbud tree, and she drills through the wood to deposit an egg on it. Illinois. <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insects</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Ichneumonidae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ichneumonidae</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Hymenoptera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hymenoptera</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/wasps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wasps</span></a></p>
Mary C Legg<p>Amblyjoppa fuscipennis Canon 400D EF 100 2.8 f/5 1/320 iso: 800 Milovice, Czech Republic 8/11/2010 <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/Wasp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wasp</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/Ichneumonidae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ichneumonidae</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/Hymenoptera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hymenoptera</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/macro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>macro</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insects</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/invertebrates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>invertebrates</span></a></p>
Albert Cardona<p>The <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/iNaturalist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>iNaturalist</span></a> fairy—by the hand of user ‘fonsv’–just delivered a precise species ID to an observation of mine of an <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Ichneumonidae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ichneumonidae</span></a> parasitoid wasp. A great match; mind these are hard to identify, primarily from the lack of available guides and accessible reference material. Mine is merely the 5th observation worldwide of this species.</p><p>Rhembobius perscrutator <a href="http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/112312570" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">inaturalist.org/observations/1</span><span class="invisible">12312570</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Hymenoptera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hymenoptera</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/entomology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>entomology</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insects</span></a></p>
Ashes and Dust<p>If you were an ant-parasitizing wasp, what would be your preferred method of hunting ants? Your options include hovering over ants or hang on grass, each comes with pros and cons. This article comes with action photos!! </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/ants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ants</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/wasp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wasp</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/parasitoid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>parasitoid</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/insect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insect</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Hymenoptera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hymenoptera</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/DarwinWasp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DarwinWasp</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/ichneumonidae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ichneumonidae</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://jhr.pensoft.net/article/106836/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">jhr.pensoft.net/article/106836</span><span class="invisible">/</span></a></p>
Alex Wild<p>A sampling of Ichneumon wasps in the University of Texas Insect Collection. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Ichneumonidae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ichneumonidae</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Wasps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wasps</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Insects</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Entomology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Entomology</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/gallery?dataset_key=ba9984d8-d982-4fe6-b81c-a7585790034a&amp;taxon_key=3512" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">gbif.org/occurrence/gallery?da</span><span class="invisible">taset_key=ba9984d8-d982-4fe6-b81c-a7585790034a&amp;taxon_key=3512</span></a></p>
eyekosaeder<p>Just wanted to share this because I really like this photo I took. </p><p>*industrious ichneumon wasp noises*</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/macrophotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>macrophotography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/wasp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wasp</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insects</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/entomology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>entomology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/hymenoptera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hymenoptera</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ichneumonidae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ichneumonidae</span></a></p>
Alex Wild<p>We've been stepping up our Biodiversity surveys of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/UTAustin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UTAustin</span></a>'s Stengl Lost Pines Biological Station, a 600 acre patch of forest about an hour east of Austin.</p><p>Here's a parasitoid wasp, Spilopteron vicinum, that we pulled from one of the Malaise traps.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Entomology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Entomology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Ichneumonidae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ichneumonidae</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Wasps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wasps</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Insects</span></a></p>
Ashes and Dust<p>FYI today was Knee-high Striped Sock Day, at least in wasp world.<br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/insect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insect</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Hymenoptera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hymenoptera</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Ichneumonidae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ichneumonidae</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/wasp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wasp</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Itoplectis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Itoplectis</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/FaunaOfManitoba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FaunaOfManitoba</span></a></p>
Ashes and Dust<p>What my wife sees: a female Ichneumonid wasp with a long ovipositor.</p><p>What my wife says: what's this guy with the long thing coming from its arse?</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/entomology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>entomology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insects</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/wasp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wasp</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Ichneumonidae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ichneumonidae</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/DarwinWasp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DarwinWasp</span></a></p>
Mary C Legg<p>Amblyjoppa fuscipennis Canon 400D EF 100 2.8 f/5 1/320 iso: 800 Milovice, Czech Republic August 11, 2008 <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/wasps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wasps</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/Ichneumonidae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ichneumonidae</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/ichneumonidaefamily" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ichneumonidaefamily</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/Hymenoptera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hymenoptera</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/invertebrates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>invertebrates</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insects</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/parasite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>parasite</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/parasiticwasp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>parasiticwasp</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/macro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>macro</span></a></p>
Donald Hobern<p>A selection of <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insects</span></a> from the <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/SLAM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SLAM</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Malaise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Malaise</span></a> trap I run in <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Canberra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canberra</span></a> for the week 3-10 February 2023.</p><p><a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Fly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fly</span></a>: Austrotephritis pumila <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Diptera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Diptera</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Tephritidae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tephritidae</span></a> </p><p>Darwin <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/wasp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wasp</span></a>: Anacis sp. female <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Hymenoptera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hymenoptera</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Ichneumonidae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ichneumonidae</span></a> </p><p>Click <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/beetle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>beetle</span></a>: Conoderus sp. (probably C. exsul)</p><p>Small wasp: <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Encyrtidae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Encyrtidae</span></a> sp.</p><p><a href="https://stangeia.hobern.net/araba-bioscan-slam-3-10-february-2023/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">stangeia.hobern.net/araba-bios</span><span class="invisible">can-slam-3-10-february-2023/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations?user_id=dhobern&amp;on=2023-02-10&amp;place_id=any&amp;verifiable=any" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">inaturalist.ala.org.au/observa</span><span class="invisible">tions?user_id=dhobern&amp;on=2023-02-10&amp;place_id=any&amp;verifiable=any</span></a></p><p><a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Entomology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Entomology</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Coleoptera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Coleoptera</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Elateridae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Elateridae</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Hymenoptera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hymenoptera</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Ichneumonidae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ichneumonidae</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Encyrtidae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Encyrtidae</span></a></p>
Donald Hobern<p>Keyed out another <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/DarwinWasp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DarwinWasp</span></a> (<a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Ichneumonidae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ichneumonidae</span></a>, first image) as the fourth obvious species from the genus <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Anacis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Anacis</span></a> so far found in my garden in <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Canberra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canberra</span></a>, <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a>. None of these species is named. Images here of all four females (males are different and will need DNA to match up). </p><p>Gauld 1984, The Ichneumonidae of Australia (the last major work on the fauna here) lists the one named species of Anacis and adds "I have seen 55 undescribed species." </p><p><a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/entomology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>entomology</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Hymenoptera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hymenoptera</span></a></p>
Donald Hobern<p>Managed to key out a female <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/DarwinWasp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DarwinWasp</span></a> (<a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Ichneumonidae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ichneumonidae</span></a>) caught in the <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Malaise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Malaise</span></a> trap in <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Canberra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canberra</span></a> ACT in mid-October. The genus is Gotra (<a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Cryptinae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cryptinae</span></a>) but getting further will be difficult.</p><p><a href="https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/145552915" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">inaturalist.ala.org.au/observa</span><span class="invisible">tions/145552915</span></a></p><p><a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/entomology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>entomology</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Hymenoptera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hymenoptera</span></a></p>
Donald Hobern<p>I have 319 <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Ichneumonidae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ichneumonidae</span></a> specimens from the second year of <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Malaise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Malaise</span></a> trapping to sort and identify at least as far as genus. Probably the larger part of the Australian fauna of this family is undescribed at the species level.</p><p><a href="https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations?d1=2021-10-25&amp;place_id=any&amp;q=ArabaBioscan&amp;taxon_id=47199&amp;user_id=dhobern" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">inaturalist.ala.org.au/observa</span><span class="invisible">tions?d1=2021-10-25&amp;place_id=any&amp;q=ArabaBioscan&amp;taxon_id=47199&amp;user_id=dhobern</span></a></p>
Donald Hobern<p>Four <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/DarwinWasps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DarwinWasps</span></a> (<a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Ichneumonidae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ichneumonidae</span></a>) from the <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Malaise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Malaise</span></a> trap, Aranda, ACT, <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> in the final six weeks. I'll try to key all these as far as possible in the coming weeks.</p><p><a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Ichneumonidae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ichneumonidae</span></a>, 14-21 October 2022, <a href="https://inaturalist.org/observations/145539577" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">inaturalist.org/observations/1</span><span class="invisible">45539577</span></a></p><p><a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Orthocentrinae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Orthocentrinae</span></a> (? <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Orthocentrus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Orthocentrus</span></a>), 30 September to 7 October 2022, <a href="https://inaturalist.org/observations/145539573" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">inaturalist.org/observations/1</span><span class="invisible">45539573</span></a></p><p><a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Cryptini" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cryptini</span></a>, 30 September to 7 October 2022, <a href="https://inaturalist.org/observations/145539577" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">inaturalist.org/observations/1</span><span class="invisible">45539577</span></a></p><p><a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Ichneumoninae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ichneumoninae</span></a>, 23-30 September 2022, <a href="https://inaturalist.org/observations/145499155" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">inaturalist.org/observations/1</span><span class="invisible">45499155</span></a></p><p><a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Hymenoptera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hymenoptera</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/entomology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>entomology</span></a></p>
Donald Hobern<p>Four <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/wasps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wasps</span></a> from the <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Malaise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Malaise</span></a> trap (Canberra, ACT) in the week of 19-26 August 2022. </p><p>No close identifications yet, but these are 1) <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Braconidae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Braconidae</span></a>, 2) <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Chalcididae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chalcididae</span></a>: <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Haltichellinae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Haltichellinae</span></a>, 3) <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Ichneumonidae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ichneumonidae</span></a>: <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Phygadeuontinae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Phygadeuontinae</span></a> (should get that one to genus soon, but species likely to be unnamed), and 4) <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Chalcidoidea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chalcidoidea</span></a>.</p><p>All on <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/iNaturalist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>iNaturalist</span></a> if anyone wants to progress their identification:</p><p><a href="https://inaturalist.org/observations?on=2022-08-26&amp;place_id=any&amp;q=ArabaBioscan&amp;user_id=dhobern&amp;verifiable=any" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">inaturalist.org/observations?o</span><span class="invisible">n=2022-08-26&amp;place_id=any&amp;q=ArabaBioscan&amp;user_id=dhobern&amp;verifiable=any</span></a></p><p>Images all taken using a <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@leicamicrosystems" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>leicamicrosystems</span></a></span> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/microscope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microscope</span></a></p><p><a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/entomology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>entomology</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Hymenoptera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hymenoptera</span></a></p>
Donald Hobern<p>II ran a <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Malaise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Malaise</span></a> trap run in my garden for two years (2020-10-23 to 2022-10-28). The first year's samples went to the Centre for Biodiversity Genomics in Guelph, ON for DNA barcoding. In the second year, I've been focused mostly on <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Ichneumonidae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ichneumonidae</span></a> and other parasitic wasps.</p><p>Three insects from 12-19 August 2022: <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Acanthobetyla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Acanthobetyla</span></a> cerbera (<a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Diapriidae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Diapriidae</span></a>, 2 images), <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Elateridae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Elateridae</span></a> sp. and probably <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Anacis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Anacis</span></a> sp. (<a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Ichneumonidae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ichneumonidae</span></a>).</p><p>More images, etc.:</p><p><a href="https://araba.hobern.net/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">araba.hobern.net/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations?place_id=6744&amp;q=ArabaBioscan&amp;search_on=tags" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">inaturalist.ala.org.au/observa</span><span class="invisible">tions?place_id=6744&amp;q=ArabaBioscan&amp;search_on=tags</span></a></p>