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Genus HeteropternaObserver
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Peculiar behaviour. Got a few quick photos before they (presumably) woke up and flew off.
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Brown-tail Moth (Euproctis chrysorrhoea)Observer
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Caterpillars on their silky nest.
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Carries perhaps a maggot on its abdomen? A wasp ectoparasite?
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Hairy-footed Flower Bee (Anthophora plumipes)Observer
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Male, covered in Crocus pollen.
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Genus StilbulaObserver
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The Ant Wiki says Stilbula wasps are parasitoids of ants: https://antwiki.org/wiki/Stilbula
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Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)Observer
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The greatest bird photo I've ever taken. So much action and goofiness.
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Four-striped Digger Bee (Amegilla quadrifasciata)Observer
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Flying at 36C in full sun, seeping nectar from thistle flowers (Carlina corymbosa). The nectar must have been at well over 40C.
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Fasciated Conehead Mantid (Empusa fasciata)Observer
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Shifted left and right mimicking the behavior of dry grass in the wind.
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European Mantis (Mantis religiosa)Observer
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Brown colored. Large, like an adult. Spotted by Stephan Saalfeld.
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Jersey Tiger (Euplagia quadripunctaria)Observer
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In the kitchen. Beautiful red rear wings.
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Narrow-bordered Five-spot Burnet (Zygaena lonicerae)Observer
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Natural Park of the Headwaters of the River Ter and Freser, Queralbs, Girona, ES (Google, OSM)
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Azure Damselfly (Coenagrion puella)Observer
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Mating pair. Video at https://mobile.twitter.com/albertcardona/status/1401900816374583300
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Golden-bloomed Longhorn Beetle (Agapanthia villosoviridescens)Observer
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Photo with iPhone SE without any macro lens.
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Modest Masked Bee (Hylaeus modestus)Observer
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Our old friend: a bee with a dead ant attached to its right hind leg, jaws locked forever.
On mint flowers.
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Mealy Metallic-Furrow Bee (Halictus pollinosus)Observer
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Unusual bee. By the sea, on sea lavender flowers. Grooming on a branch.
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Ichneumonid Wasps (Family Ichneumonidae)Observer
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On pine tree bark, drumming its antennae on the bark likely in search of insect larvae. Tentative genus.
Unless I am very mistaken, the ovipositor appears to be fairly transparent, unlike that of available Exallonyx examples at iNaturalist to date.
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Pink Crab Spider (Thomisus onustus)Observer
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Predation: eating a Hylaeus masked bee on fennel flowers. Excellent camouflage.
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Pink Crab Spider (Thomisus onustus)Observer
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Predation: caught a bee on lavender flowers. This bee: http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/92165024
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Common Carder Bumble Bee (Bombus pascuorum)Observer
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On nettle.
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Emerald Cuckoo Wasp (Stilbum cyanurum)Observer
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On mint flowers.
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Nodal Desert Ant (Cataglyphis nodus)Observer
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Carrying a dead small ant attached to its antenna, mandibles firmly clasped. The desert ant stopped frequently to groom its antennae with its forelegs, to no avail.
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Genus NomioidesObserver
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On fennel flowers, with a load of pollen on its hind legs.
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Masked Bees (Genus Hylaeus)Observer
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Possibly stylopized.
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Observer
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Very small, about 3 mm, standing near the edge of my thumb’s nail. Edit: A male.
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Aphid Wasps (Subfamily Pemphredoninae)Observer
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These wasps were nesting in the wood of an old table. On top of the table there were some dead aphids. One of the wasps (first and second pic) took one of the aphids and inserted it in one of the holes in the wood. The last pic shows a detail of the aphids presumably collected by the wasps.
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Modest Masked Bee (Hylaeus modestus)Observer
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Note the dead ant, its jaws still clasping a posterior leg of this bee. Or, when you take your dead enemies out for lunch.
On mint flowers.
