Very pleased to spot these mason wasps in cop this week in my Suffolk garden, also seen singly; I believe they are Ancistrocerus nigricornis. Lurking all the while was a ruby-tailed wasp, probably Chrysis ignita.
#wasp #wasplove
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#wasp #wasplove
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September 8, 2026 at 1:39 PM
Very pleased to spot these mason wasps in cop this week in my Suffolk garden, also seen singly; I believe they are Ancistrocerus nigricornis. Lurking all the while was a ruby-tailed wasp, probably Chrysis ignita.
#wasp #wasplove
@suffolkwildlife.bsky.social
#wasp #wasplove
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She chuckles softly and sits down next to him, pulling Ignita off him and into what little lap she currently has. "Can I bring you some soup?"
September 3, 2026 at 2:11 AM
She chuckles softly and sits down next to him, pulling Ignita off him and into what little lap she currently has. "Can I bring you some soup?"
"Anata?" She walks slowly into the room, one hand on her lower back. "Oh. Oh dear. You are rather unwell, aren't you?" she says as Ignita chirps from on top of her husband and a pile of other critters.
September 2, 2026 at 6:21 PM
"Anata?" She walks slowly into the room, one hand on her lower back. "Oh. Oh dear. You are rather unwell, aren't you?" she says as Ignita chirps from on top of her husband and a pile of other critters.
To facilitate this life of crime, the stinger has been modified into an egg injector or ovipositor (shown) that deposits eggs in the nests of other wasps.
Around the ovipositor are jagged projections that can cut through mud or paper walls, called "anal teeth".😬
Around the ovipositor are jagged projections that can cut through mud or paper walls, called "anal teeth".😬
August 22, 2026 at 9:13 PM
To facilitate this life of crime, the stinger has been modified into an egg injector or ovipositor (shown) that deposits eggs in the nests of other wasps.
Around the ovipositor are jagged projections that can cut through mud or paper walls, called "anal teeth".😬
Around the ovipositor are jagged projections that can cut through mud or paper walls, called "anal teeth".😬
Here's a more classical view. The "ruby-tail" part is obvious, but why call a wasp "cuckoo"?
These are stingless wasps that are both parasitoid & kleptoparasites.
Meaning their larvae are laid in other wasps' nests & eat the larva of the host species & they also /steal food/.
(📷: Sven Damerow)
These are stingless wasps that are both parasitoid & kleptoparasites.
Meaning their larvae are laid in other wasps' nests & eat the larva of the host species & they also /steal food/.
(📷: Sven Damerow)
August 22, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Here's a more classical view. The "ruby-tail" part is obvious, but why call a wasp "cuckoo"?
These are stingless wasps that are both parasitoid & kleptoparasites.
Meaning their larvae are laid in other wasps' nests & eat the larva of the host species & they also /steal food/.
(📷: Sven Damerow)
These are stingless wasps that are both parasitoid & kleptoparasites.
Meaning their larvae are laid in other wasps' nests & eat the larva of the host species & they also /steal food/.
(📷: Sven Damerow)
What exactly are you looking at here? Beside artwork by Paul Kämpf?
The answer is going to a take a bit of unpacking, but it's a ruby-tailed cuckoo wasp, Chrysis ignita.
Let's start by looking at it from another angle...
(🧑🎨: Paul Kämpf)
The answer is going to a take a bit of unpacking, but it's a ruby-tailed cuckoo wasp, Chrysis ignita.
Let's start by looking at it from another angle...
(🧑🎨: Paul Kämpf)
August 22, 2026 at 9:13 PM
What exactly are you looking at here? Beside artwork by Paul Kämpf?
The answer is going to a take a bit of unpacking, but it's a ruby-tailed cuckoo wasp, Chrysis ignita.
Let's start by looking at it from another angle...
(🧑🎨: Paul Kämpf)
The answer is going to a take a bit of unpacking, but it's a ruby-tailed cuckoo wasp, Chrysis ignita.
Let's start by looking at it from another angle...
(🧑🎨: Paul Kämpf)
Chrysis ignita, the ruby tailed cuckoo wasp
August 20, 2026 at 8:06 AM
Chrysis ignita, the ruby tailed cuckoo wasp
SRCE pita ministarku o tome kako je EPS od izvoznika struje postao uvoznik
https://snm.rs/srce-pita-ministarku-o-tome-kako-je-eps-od-izvoznika-struje-postao-uvoznik/
https://snm.rs/srce-pita-ministarku-o-tome-kako-je-eps-od-izvoznika-struje-postao-uvoznik/
SRCE pita ministarku o tome kako je EPS od izvoznika struje postao uvoznik
Odbor opozicione stranke Srbija centar (SRCE) je danas pozvao ministarku rudarstva i energetike Dubravku Đedović Handanović da objavi ukupne instalisane kapacitete termo-centrala na ugalju i podatke o iskopavanju ignita u Rudarskom basenu Kolubara i objasni zašto su "rezultati kojima se ona diči tak
snm.rs
August 11, 2026 at 1:37 PM
SRCE pita ministarku o tome kako je EPS od izvoznika struje postao uvoznik
https://snm.rs/srce-pita-ministarku-o-tome-kako-je-eps-od-izvoznika-struje-postao-uvoznik/
https://snm.rs/srce-pita-ministarku-o-tome-kako-je-eps-od-izvoznika-struje-postao-uvoznik/
Guten Morgen! Schönes Wochenende für alle!🌞
August 8, 2026 at 6:14 AM
Guten Morgen! Schönes Wochenende für alle!🌞
Stanhopea frymirei ‘Hermitage Ignita’ won an Award of Merit from the RHS Orchid Expert Group on Saturday. The flowers of this genus only last a day or so but a mature plant can have successive spikes to enjoy 🌿
#orchids #orquídeas #nature #conservation
#orchids #orquídeas #nature #conservation
August 5, 2026 at 7:54 AM
Stanhopea frymirei ‘Hermitage Ignita’ won an Award of Merit from the RHS Orchid Expert Group on Saturday. The flowers of this genus only last a day or so but a mature plant can have successive spikes to enjoy 🌿
#orchids #orquídeas #nature #conservation
#orchids #orquídeas #nature #conservation
Ruby-tailed Wasp (Chrysis ignita group) from Victoria Park, Dundee way back on the 10th of June. Only just getting to the editing of the bulk of the photos from that day. There's only another 13000+ to get through after I get through that day's pics, mostly insects too! #UKwildlife
July 26, 2026 at 9:22 PM
Ruby-tailed Wasp (Chrysis ignita group) from Victoria Park, Dundee way back on the 10th of June. Only just getting to the editing of the bulk of the photos from that day. There's only another 13000+ to get through after I get through that day's pics, mostly insects too! #UKwildlife
Thank you and yes this Ignita, I didn't have time to make one for my cat girl Mitsy sadly
July 5, 2026 at 12:54 AM
Thank you and yes this Ignita, I didn't have time to make one for my cat girl Mitsy sadly
July 5, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Guten Morgen, Bluesky! Endlich Regen und Abkühlung in Südhessen!🌧️🤩
July 1, 2026 at 3:45 AM
Guten Morgen, Bluesky! Endlich Regen und Abkühlung in Südhessen!🌧️🤩
Bornean Crested Fireback
The Bornean crested fireback, Lophura ignita, is a large, sexually dimorphic, and distinctly-coloured pheasant of the family Galliformes endemic to the rainforests of Borneo and the surrounding islands. It is a non-migrating omnivorous species,
📸: @sanjeevatre
The Bornean crested fireback, Lophura ignita, is a large, sexually dimorphic, and distinctly-coloured pheasant of the family Galliformes endemic to the rainforests of Borneo and the surrounding islands. It is a non-migrating omnivorous species,
📸: @sanjeevatre
June 15, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Bornean Crested Fireback
The Bornean crested fireback, Lophura ignita, is a large, sexually dimorphic, and distinctly-coloured pheasant of the family Galliformes endemic to the rainforests of Borneo and the surrounding islands. It is a non-migrating omnivorous species,
📸: @sanjeevatre
The Bornean crested fireback, Lophura ignita, is a large, sexually dimorphic, and distinctly-coloured pheasant of the family Galliformes endemic to the rainforests of Borneo and the surrounding islands. It is a non-migrating omnivorous species,
📸: @sanjeevatre
On the woodpile in the Coronation Meadow which is part of the Greenway Estate NT. South Devon. A stunning little cuckoo wasp in the Chrysis ignita group. This can only be pinned down further by microscopic examination. Parasitoid of Ancistrocerus wasps.
June 15, 2026 at 5:21 PM
On the woodpile in the Coronation Meadow which is part of the Greenway Estate NT. South Devon. A stunning little cuckoo wasp in the Chrysis ignita group. This can only be pinned down further by microscopic examination. Parasitoid of Ancistrocerus wasps.
Abhängen wie Serratella ignita.
May 27, 2026 at 7:47 AM
Abhängen wie Serratella ignita.
This is possibly a Chrysis ignita, a species of Cuckoo Wasp but difficult to separate species. The group is referred to as Ruby-tailed Wasps...
May 9, 2026 at 11:04 AM
This is possibly a Chrysis ignita, a species of Cuckoo Wasp but difficult to separate species. The group is referred to as Ruby-tailed Wasps...
Caracas ignita
May 6, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Caracas ignita
Cuckoo wasp (Chrysis ignita) is a parasitic wasp that lay her eggs in the nest of others.You often see them sitting on the lookout on a pole or tree near the nests of their hosts.What does my mason bee have to fear? @insectshotel.bsky.social @wespenstichting.nl @wespenvriend.nl @insects.bsky.social
May 1, 2026 at 7:51 AM
Cuckoo wasp (Chrysis ignita) is a parasitic wasp that lay her eggs in the nest of others.You often see them sitting on the lookout on a pole or tree near the nests of their hosts.What does my mason bee have to fear? @insectshotel.bsky.social @wespenstichting.nl @wespenvriend.nl @insects.bsky.social