Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita)

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KMcCue wrote:
23 Feb 2025
Thanks Kim
Do they score the leaves for some reason?

Polistes sp. (genus)
KimberiRP wrote:
22 Feb 2025
Paper wasp, Polistes humilis

Polistes sp. (genus)
Jennybach wrote:
22 Feb 2025
This wasp also lifted a little circular ‘door’ on the ground and disappeared under it. Then reappeared later. I was intrigued. Given that it’s been identified as a spider wasp, I wonder if it entered and searched a trapdoor spider’s nest.

Cryptocheilus sp. (genus)
SimoneC wrote:
21 Feb 2025
Great photos

Eulophidae (family)
KMcCue wrote:
18 Feb 2025
This flowering shrub is a huge magnet for insects though they have to battle multitudes of European Wasps. Thanks again for the id, maybe I will learn to id them myself one day.

Scoliidae (family)
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