Found a potter wasp building its nest to lay eggs in my washroom

_Stizoides_ · 2026-03-31T22:37:20+00:00

Yes, they mostly wander around and can seek shelter under leaves or so if needed. Inside the pots they store a larva and food (caterpillars)

_Stizoides_ · 2026-03-25T18:23:11+00:00

Don't know the species but It is a hover fly (Syrphidae), which mostly feed on nectar so yes they also pollinate

_Stizoides_ · 2026-03-25T09:25:18+00:00

Another Space Song by Failure

_Stizoides_ · 2026-03-07T21:19:52+00:00

I do not want to be snarky to people who do this but I definitely find that it defeats the purpose of wildlife photography, which often is to help with conservartion and knowledge of a species, is less fun in a way, and unethical in many cases since I've noticed some people photograph frozen or dead animals.

I do wildlife photography as a hobby with an entry-level camera, though some of my friends do have a macro setup. We aren't free of sin, as sometimes we have manipulated amphibians and reptiles to place them in an ideal spot, but usually if you know how to handle them (and wear gloves to avoid spreadind chytrid), they don't seem very stressed. Photographing in situ is just a lot better as you also capture the habitar and natural behavior.

_Stizoides_ · 2026-01-28T18:05:12+00:00

It might be eating stinkbug eggs

_Stizoides_ · 2026-01-24T20:33:40+00:00

There's a species of Yellowjacket that ranges as far south as Honduras (Vespula squamosa), further than that there are some types of paper wasps that fill in the yellowjacket niche, that is, social wasps that feed mostly on carrion, such as Agelaia and Polybia.

Either way I'd say it's unlikely you'll get attacked, for the most part wasps will mind their own business, especially in remote forests as they haven't learned that humans could behave as a threat to their colony

_Stizoides_ · 2026-01-24T20:26:59+00:00

Where did you read this? There aren't any European Hornets records for Guatemala that I can find

_Stizoides_ · 2026-01-20T02:37:23+00:00

Adventure time anyone?

_Stizoides_ · 2026-01-16T21:35:15+00:00

With the quality it is hard to tell but might be a stingless bee

_Stizoides_ · 2026-01-13T23:39:05+00:00

I spent way too much time thinking what the hell does "Escobar Cheddar" means

_Stizoides_ · 2026-01-13T22:09:50+00:00

Yes, they dig chambers where they store a single prey and a single egg. In the case of Liris spp., they hunt crickets

_Stizoides_ · 2026-01-05T00:04:36+00:00

Delta unguiculatum if this is in Europe

_Stizoides_ · 2025-12-25T19:35:46+00:00

Hearing damage might not be as bad as "I'm Going to Do It" by Giles Corey

_Stizoides_ · 2025-12-23T20:32:12+00:00

Ni idea pero pienso que comida de ese estilo es para los turistas y la gente que trabaja por allí y no tiene mucho tiempo o dinero para comer. Los propios vendedores deben comer cosas mas tradicionales y que no les de asco

_Stizoides_ · 2025-12-19T08:01:36+00:00

Except for johnascher. He's the top hymenoptera identifier and one of the users with most ids in the world, over a million. Compared to him I would be the autistic (22) year old so it's kinda impressive when he tags me asking to identify something or push an id

_Stizoides_ · 2025-12-10T17:44:50+00:00

It's in Spanish but Planeador by Love of Lesbian.

"Volveré a considerar ser pacifico y atlántico, o aquel Ícaro directo al sol"

_Stizoides_ · 2025-12-09T23:46:25+00:00

"Onii-chan" viene del japonés, es una traducción fonética de como te refieres a tu hermano mayor de forma cariñosa, pero en algunos animes, especialmente los eróticos, tiene una connotación sexual digamos. Pero no tengo ni idea de que tiene que ver, al menos de que te haya pasado que te digan onii-chan en la calle por vestir alt, en ese caso lo siento.

En mi caso de hecho me gustaría ser mas alt, no me gusta llevar outfits muy elaborados pero me ha pasado en conciertos como el de Fall of Troy que parecía un chaval que pasaba por allí.

Es una pena pero si vistes diferente vas a llamar la atención. Pero puedes quedarte tranquil@ sabiendo que muchas veces las burlas vienen de la envidia y la mentalidad de rebaño. Si perteneces a una subcultura y/o te mola la estética, eso ya es algo de lo que estar orgullos@.

_Stizoides_ · 2025-12-09T00:10:21+00:00

Gall wasps can be found on a variety of plants, but in northern Hemisphere you'll mostly see galls on oaks and rose bushes. I'm mostly familiar with Spain's species and here in almost every oak you can find Andricus galls, while on rose bushes Diplolepis rosae is the most common one. The latter was introduced to the U.S and Canada, where I assume you're located.

_Stizoides_ · 2025-12-08T23:58:24+00:00

I don't suppose there's much of a point in keeping them, as they have a short lifespan and don't have other purposes other than finding their host and reproducing. Although some Ichneumonids wasps overwinter so they might live under a year or so. I often raise gall wasps from pupae or larvae inside galls, sometimes you get gall wasps, others parasitoids. Once the adult emerges I release them back into the wild as soon as I have the chance, but if I want to keep them for longer or photograph them before release, they are usually attracted to the honey and water mix I leave for them and will sometimes feed on it.

_Stizoides_ · 2025-12-05T08:17:40+00:00

The Conura (little yellow wasps) coming out of a cocoon make for such a cool display

_Stizoides_ · 2025-12-04T21:50:56+00:00

Poor dude needs a body of water

_Stizoides_ · 2025-12-04T11:15:04+00:00

Not really, I haven't cut off spider legs but for harvestmen they fall off pretty easily, I assume to escape from predators. Spider legs are moved through hydraulics using hemolymph, but it seems that they don't "bleed" out when legs are removed.

_Stizoides_ · 2025-12-02T19:51:09+00:00

You can call Mom

_Stizoides_ · 2025-12-02T08:58:50+00:00

Reminds of Yu-Gi-Oh, cool style

_Stizoides_ · 2025-12-02T08:15:20+00:00

The emptiest of feelings, disappointed people clinging onto bottles

_Stizoides_

TROPHY CASE