Tag Archives: Crabronidae

Acorn Plum Galls (and friends)

Posted on February 1, 2022 by Charley Eiseman

Hey, this blog now has over 1000 subscribers! Thanks everyone for your continued interest in my esoteric natural history investigations. I’m still slowly working my way through the photos I took last summer, during which one of my several jobs … Continue reading →

Posted in Unsolved Mysteries | Tagged acorn, ambush bug, Amphibolips, Amphibolips quercusjuglans, Ceroptres, Crabronidae, Crossocerus, Cynipidae, Fagaceae, gall, gall wasp, Hymenoptera, ichneumon wasp, Ichneumonidae, inquiline, larva, Lepidoptera, moth, oak, oak plum, parasitism, parasitoid, Phymata, predation, Quercus, Quercus ilicifolia, Reduviidae, scrub oak, wasp | 6 Comments

Cicada Killers and the Bigger Picture

Posted on February 23, 2015 by Charley Eiseman

Not far from where I live is a place that seems as if a chunk of Nantucket or the New Jersey Pine Barrens was dropped in the middle of western Massachusetts. In contrast to the surrounding landscape’s rocky soil, supporting forest with a mixture … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged burrow, cicada, cicada killer, Crabronidae, Montague Plains, Sphecius speciosus, wasp | 16 Comments

Monthly Mystery #10: Bees in a Mud Nest

Posted on September 1, 2013 by Charley Eiseman

An interesting series of photos was recently moved to BugGuide’s “Frass” section (a place where rejected submissions are held temporarily before being deleted forever), so I thought I would salvage them and post them here so they can continue to … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized, Unsolved Mysteries | Tagged Agapostemon, bee, beewolf, Crabronidae, Eumeninae, Halictidae, mason wasp, nest, Philanthus, predation, Vespidae, wasp | Leave a comment

Adventures in Alabama

Posted on April 13, 2013 by Charley Eiseman

(This post turned out to be a bit more long and rambling than I intended. I won’t be offended if you just skip through and look at the pretty pictures.) It was all going so well until we pulled into … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Acmaeodera, Acmaeodera tubulus, Agromyzidae, Alabama, beetle, Blennocampinae, brown elfin, Buprestidae, buttercup, Callophrys augustinus, Cane Creek Canyon Nature Preserve, carrion beetle, Chromatomyia, Colias, Crabronidae, egg, Erebidae, Fabaceae, fly, honeysuckle, jumping spider, leaf mine, Lonicera, lunate zale, Lycaenidae, mayapple, metallic wood-boring beetle, moth, mournful thyris, Oiceoptoma inaequale, organ pipe mud dauber, Phytomyza, Pieridae, Ptosima gibbicollis, Ranunculus, redbud borer, ridged carrion beetle, Salticidae, sawfly, Silphidae, spider, sulphur, Thyrididae, Thyris sepulchralis, Trillium, Trypoxylon, Trypoxylon politum, vetch, Vicia, Vicia caroliniana, wasp, wood vetch, Zale, Zale lunata | 13 Comments

Good Bugs & Bad Bugs

Posted on August 9, 2011 by Charley Eiseman

By far the most common question I’m asked when I identify an insect for someone is, “is it a good bug or a bad bug?” I usually don’t give a straight answer. Maybe this post will help illustrate why. For … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Augochlora pura, bee, beetle, Cerambycidae, Chilocorus stigma, Coccidae, Coccinellidae, Conopidae, Crabronidae, Crabronini, Ectemnius, flat-footed fly, fly, grass-carrying wasp, honeydew, Isodontia, lady beetle, Lasioglossum, longhorned beetle, magnolia, magnolia scale, Neolecanium cornuparvum, parasitism, Physocephala, Platypezidae, pollinator, scale insect, Sphecidae, square-headed wasp, Strangalia famelica, sweat bee, thick-headed fly, thread-waisted wasp, twice-stabbed lady beetle, wasp | 8 Comments

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