Suddenly, a sesame-sized insect "ran" into the field of view of my lens (macro lens + 75mm close-up circle), what a bug, really small, have not seen. A pair of large flat compound eyes, short and expanded antennae, like aphid-eating flies. Is it some kind of fly?
Jumping wasp, 2mm long
This is the longest time spent in eco-photography "by tusso name" to check insect names. First in the web of quacking insects, looked up from diptera (flies and flies), none. Then there are various bees in the order Hymenoptera, and there is no (not in 2009, and now there are similar ones). Then came to the Nature Photography Center (Bay Bay), in the column of hymenoptera bees, when I looked through the (summary) posts about bees one by one, I finally checked a film with the name of the worm posted, (although the image of the small bug in the film is not too clear, it can still be compared), and some insect friends told it: This is a jumping bee.
Jumping wasps (Jumping Wasp family), 2 mm long, round and large compound eyes, short antennae, and enlarged terminal segments. The feet are yellowish brown with spines at the ends of the tibia segments. Here's an example.
Jumping wasps, each foot yellow brown, tibia at the end of the spines
Jumping wasps, habitually active, good at crawling, when encountering harassment, they will instantly fly away in an approximate bouncing manner, and the speed is very fast, so it is called: jumping wasps. It belongs to the category that is not universal. It was also the only time I've met a jumping bee.
Jumping wasps belong to the hymenoptera / wasp family / jumping wasp family. It belongs to the category that is not universal
Most of the wasps in the family Hymenoptera are about 1–5 mm long (the smallest is only 0.2 mm). Unlike our common bees, small bees, vespas and other medium and large bees, have their own hive to breed offspring. The vast majority of wasps are parasitic bees. That is, laying their eggs in the pupae or eggs of other insects (such as butterflies, tsubaki elephants, etc.), hatching in the host body, pupating, and feathering adult insects.
Baby bee, body length 2mm
Tuesday, March 3, 2009. Overcast with showers, 9 to 15 degrees
By chance, I saw several green caterpillars of different sizes crawling on the only flowerpot on the balcony. A thought suddenly flashed through my mind: Maybe this is a caterpillar that is going to feather into a butterfly.
Wednesday, March 4. Overcast with showers, 9 to 18 degrees
At noon, i saw a green caterpillar stopping below the edge of the pot. After the investigation of the information, it was learned that the green caterpillar began to prepare for pupalization.
When the butterfly larvae reach maturity, they stop feeding, choose an appropriate place, and prepare to pupate. First spit silk into a pad, hook it with a tail foot hook to avoid falling, and then bend the head back and repeatedly spit silk glue back and forth into a thick line, around the middle waist, in order to prevent the pupa from overturning, so it is called a mulch. Then enter the "pre-pupal" stage, and when it matures, it will perform pupalization.
In the evening, it was raining, and the sparrows on the balcony made me want to see the green caterpillar. Thanks to this look: the green caterpillar at this time has changed its appearance and entered the "pre-pupa" period. Here's an example
There were two butterfly pupae in this observation and shooting of vegetable powder butterflies, and thanks to the two butterfly pupae, there were two different results in the future. It's also an unattainable process (skip the middle and get straight to the point).
Sunday, March 22. Cloudy showers turn sunny, 18 to 24 degrees (day 19)
Before going to bed at 4 a.m., I observed the two pupae and found that the head of pupae 1 had turned black. Some insect friends say that the blackening of the pupa shell is a precursor to feathering. At about 9 o'clock, I was awakened by the wind and rain outside the house. Hurrying to the balcony to observe. In the rain on the balcony outside the window, there were only feathered vegetable powder butterflies adhered to it, but the wings of the pink butterflies were affected by the wind and rain, and they could not complete the full extension of their wings.
Feathered failed vegetable powder butterfly
Saturday, April 11. Cloudy to cloudy, 13 to 23 degrees (day 39)
In the afternoon, Pupae 2 finally had a movement. It's just that the place where the shell breaks is not in the head of the pupa, but in the left wing of the middle segment of the pupal. Feathers are not butterflies, but other parasitic insects. "According to the name of Tusuo" to verify, it should be: Ji Xiao Bee (Gaga Insect Net). Apparently, this butterfly pupae did not know when it was parasitic to the baby wasps.
In addition to the pupae that parasitize butterflies, the wasps also have eggs that parasitize other insects. This small wasp that parasitizes eggs is commonly known as: egg parasitic wasps. The wasps that parasitize the eggs are the ones that lay their eggs in the eggs of the parasitic insects. Usually, the same nest of wasps will collectively feather adults at the same time. In the following illustration, a flat-bellied wasp crawling on an egg.
Flat-bellied wasp with a body length of about 2.7 mm
Unfortunately, when shooting, I didn't realize that this little bee might be preparing to spawn eggs, so I missed the shot that might be able to be shot.
There are many types of wasps, let's take a look at several small bees with a body length of less than 3 mm. Tiny millimeter bees, if not viewed through the pictures taken, perhaps in many times, we will not pay attention to or see.
Wasplet, 3 mm long
Ji Xiao wasp, body length 3mm
Filming location: Sanming, Fujian
Shooting lens: Canon 100 micro + close-up circle
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