cecildomyiidae's Favorites

Came from leafmine of Phytomyza syngenesiae

Several wasps of both sexes roosting on hakea, grevillea and finica nodosa

8-10 mm long.

Little dude asked if he could borrow my eclipse glasses

Wasp going up and down old dead tree beside road.

black insect, red butt

Rose https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/144168110, gall https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/144168112, insect https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/144168113

I am hoping to get an ID on the wasp

Very small, but I didn't measure them. On a red maple leaf for scale.

Identified in the Diptera.info forum: https://diptera.info/forum/viewthread.php?thread_id=112720

Identified in the Diptera.info forum: https://diptera.info/forum/viewthread.php?thread_id=112720

Given the long antennae

On Takecallis arundinariae

Drama on the sea holly

Wasp galls on Mugwort

Get a room!

An extremely tiny wasp.

emerged from Diplolepis fusiformans gall.

Body length 2 mm. CF5041. Malaise trap collection.

wilkesu001810
@jastratford

Two wasps - one seemingly laying eggs in the tree's bark.

From seeds of Maytenus acuminata

Ovipositing in thistle flower bud

emerged from https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/198908816

Short, squat, almost rectangular. About 8mm long. Only managed the one photo before it buzzed off.

Too busy doing the thing to notice me

ovipositoring into a beetle's eggs, while the beetle is busy laying them
beetle: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/170302454

ANI-21-0641-hymeno1

OB for the leaf mine is here: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/50903808

From cultivated Ficus (microcarpa?) synconium.
Male from same fig:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/158994180

Probably on Gonocerus acuteangulatus. The plant is a Pistacia

Swarming on oak shoots

Full hanging fly picture in separate observation

Not sure

1-2 mm long.

Even smaller winged insect in windowsill. Bark-louse perhaps?

Dentro de la infrutecensia de Ficus crocata

20
(Breck Vaped On This Dude)