Emerged from Disholcaspis erugomamma gall on Quercus havardi on 4/7/24.
Observation of gall here: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/200348154
Last photo taken by Guerin Brown at University of Iowa.
Data e Local da fotos confirmadas.
Na cia dos amigos @andrelperez e @oliprioli.
Na Pousada dos Pescadores em São Bernardo do Campo.
Fazendo umas fotos para descontrair.
Importante: Todas as fotos são parte ou do mesmo indivíduo.
Ambiente: Mata Atlântica no alto da Serra do Mar.
Insects in the trees making an odd popping noise at middle elevations along Guadalupe Peak trail
This is a new one for me! 12.5mm total length.
Just over 1cm long, perched on a dry grass stem at dusk on a cloudy evening with a light breeze. Gave itself a little back scratch with the middle leg
Bilateral gynandromorph
Absolutely crazy! I noticed a large woolly gall on Quercus turbinella and decided to collect it, and right after I plucked the gall off of the tree I noticed a small insect on it that I immeadiately realized was a gall wasp! The wasp was mid-emergence from the gall and I had the insane luck of collecting the gall as this was happening. The first two photos are in the field, right next to the tree the gall was on. I put the gall and the wasp in a plastic bag I had with me and still have them both at home. The wasp crawled around the bag for a while and it seemed to take about 20 minutes for its wings to dry. A bit after collection I noticed a drop of liquid on it's wing as it was flexing it. I intend to preserve the wasp for ID and to hopefully help in future studies to get the species described.
The little flies were absolutely coating this Promachus' Stink bug prey.
Found a pair resting in a torpid state on a dried yarrow stem on an overcast morning, ~60F
Dug up by accident! The first photos are as-found, with the Sandalus larva curled around the Cicada nymph's legs.