Digger wasp with a taste for big twigs could become aphid biocontrol agent
Field trials and lab experiments reveal that the aphid-hunting digger wasp Pemphredon lethifer prefers large pith diameters, with medium twigs ...
Tag: Hymenoptera
Invasive Samurai Wasp Turns Up in Slovenia, Offering New Hope Against a Devastating Stink Bug
A five-year survey in western Slovenia has recorded the first confirmed establishment of the samurai wasp, Trissolcus japonicus, a potent ...
Cell-death proteins in the blood track severity of wasp sting poisoning
When hornets and wasps attack in swarms, the consequences can be far more dangerous than a painful welt. Severe Hymenoptera ...
Tiny Predatory Wasps Reveal Six Hidden Species in China’s Mountains
A new taxonomic study describes six previously unknown species of tiny aphid-hunting Stigmus wasps from China and provides an illustrated ...
Two Paper Wasp Species New to Georgia Found with DNA Barcodes in Vashlovani National Park
Researchers report the first Georgian records of the paper wasps Polistes bucharensis and Polistes mongolicus from Vashlovani National Park, confirmed ...
Two New Parasitic Wasp Species Uncovered in Ohio Museum Collection
Two previously unknown parasitic wasp species of the subgenus Aliolus have been described from museum specimens collected in Ohio, expanding ...
Half male, half female: rare dual-sex bees found in Germany
Researchers in Germany have documented the first gynandromorphic Andrena florivaga and a new mosaic-bilateral case in Nomada lathburiana, revealing rare ...
Three Sister Wasp Species, Three Wildly Different Ways to Build an Embryo
A new microscopic study of the whitefly parasitoid Encarsia lutea reveals that three closely related wasp species follow strikingly different ...
Rare Australian bee finally finds its place in the bee family tree after decades of doubt
A new taxonomic study places the enigmatic Australian bee Leioproctus idiotropoptera within the subgenus Leioproctus (Colletellus), formally sinking the genus ...
New Zealand’s Endemic Pronkia Wasps Get Their Own Subfamily After DNA Study Upends Classification
A new molecular phylogeny shows that New Zealand's endemic wasp genus Pronkia does not belong in the subfamily Meteorideinae but ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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