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Post by chrisa on Apr 19, 2018 21:56:09 GMT
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Post by chrisa on Apr 19, 2018 21:57:00 GMT
Should have had this writing added to the photo....
Hi Guys,
I've seen wasps like this in the US but never in Yorkshire, UK. Wondered if it was unusual or I'd just been walking around with my eyes closed? I 'd love to know what it is and its life cycle. Please enlighten.
Many thanks
Chris
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Post by isidro on Apr 20, 2018 20:59:18 GMT
Ichneumonidae Ichneumoninae. Closer ID is extremely difficult for this tremendoulsy complicated group. Life cycle: larvae are parasitoids of caterpillars (parasitoids are parasites that kills their hosts). Adults drink nectar from flowers.
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Post by chrisa on May 16, 2018 17:42:18 GMT
Thank you, I've just managed to find the forum and get back into this thread. My account can't be setup to send me email notifications. Many thanks, yes it's the type of wasp I though it was. They are really elegant looking. I saw one of these stinging a rather fat bodied trap-door spider in the US. The wasp stung the spider until it stopped fighting then it was dragging it back to the spider's hole no doubt to lay its eggs no. The wasp was around 1/7th of the size of the spider. Amazing to see. Didn't know we had them in West Yorkshire.
Many thanks
Chris
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Post by isidro on May 24, 2018 10:14:01 GMT
I saw one of these stinging a rather fat bodied trap-door spider in the US. Then it must be a pompilid wasp, or less probably, a sphecid wasp. Ichneumonid wasps do not have interest in spiders. |
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