| Muğla, Turkey | ||
| Letoon |
| 10 June 2009 |
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| Libellulidae | |
| Orthetrum sabina | Crocothemis erythraea |
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| Trithemis annulata | Diplacodes lefebvrii |
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| Selysiothemis nigra | ||
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| Villini | Syrphidae: Paragus spec. | |
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| Bombyliidae: Toxophora cf fasciculata | |
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Hymenoptera |
| Braconidae |
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| Apidae: Andrena pilipes | ||
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| Hylaeus spec | ||
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| Sphecidae: Prionyx viduata | |
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| Sphex flavipennis | ||
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| Female. | ||
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Sphex flavipennes is a huge wasp. Here it almost dwarfs the other - already sizable - wasp, Stizoides tridentata. |
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| Crabronidae: Stizoides tridentata | ||
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| 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... | ||
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Miscellaneous |
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| Corymbia rufa | Cleridae: Trichodes spec. | |
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| Eurygaster spec. |
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