Muğla, Turkey | ||
Letoon |
10 June 2009 |
Libellulidae | |
Orthetrum sabina | Crocothemis erythraea |
Trithemis annulata | Diplacodes lefebvrii |
Selysiothemis nigra | ||
Diptera |
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Villini | Syrphidae: Paragus spec. | |
Bombyliidae: Toxophora cf fasciculata | |
Hymenoptera |
Braconidae |
Apidae: Andrena pilipes | ||
Hylaeus spec | ||
Sphecidae: Prionyx viduata | |
Sphex flavipennis | ||
Female. | ||
Male. |
Sphex flavipennes is a huge wasp. Here it almost dwarfs the other - already sizable - wasp, Stizoides tridentata. |
Crabronidae: Stizoides tridentata | ||
Female feeding at Allium spec. First - and second! - impression is you see a Scolid wasp; however, it isn't. The stunning likeness to the Scolidae makes one easily think this is a clear case of mimicry. But then, why would a wasp resemble another wasp from a distantly related family? Within Crabronidae, there is plenty of aposematic coloration to be found - yet except for Stizoides not the Scolid pattern. So there is a bit of a mystery in this color pattern... |
Miscellaneous |
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Corymbia rufa | Cleridae: Trichodes spec. | |
Eurygaster spec. |