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Pison Spinolae
''Pison spinolae'', commonly known as mason wasp, is a solitary wasp of the family Crabronidae, found throughout New Zealand. Description Like all insects, ''P. spinolae'' has a hard exoskeleton, one pair of antennae and three pairs of legs. These legs are strong as they need to be able to carry spiders back to their nests for their young. It has a segmented body divided into three sections; head, thorax and abdomen and two pairs of wings. An easily identifiable feature of the mason wasp, similar to other wasp species is the thin waist between the thorax and abdomen. This helps to tell the difference between a wasp and bee. The mason wasp is able to use its stinger repeatedly unlike bees. It relies on this to inject venom into spiders which paralyses them and allows the adult female to carry the spider back to the nest. Unlike some commonly-known wasps, ''P. spinolae'' is not black and yellow, the adult's body is fully black and has a length of approximately . The nest of the mas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shuckard
William Edward Shuckard (1803, Brighton – 10 November 1868, Kennington) was an English bookseller and entomologist. He was also librarian of the Royal Society and translated ''Manual of Entomology'' Hermann Burmeister (1807-1892). He was a specialist in Hymenoptera but worked on Coleoptera in his early years). Publications Partial list * A Description of the Superior Wings of the Hymenoptera. ''Trans. Ent. Soc., London'', Vol. I., p. 208, 1836. * ''Elements of British Entomology''. London, 1839. * with Spry, W. ''The British Coleoptera Delineated'' 1840. * Monograph of the Dorylidae, a family of these Hymenoptera Heterogyna. ''Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist''. (1)5: 258-271 (1840). * ''British Bees. An Introduction to the Study of the Natural History and Economy of the Bees Indigenous to the British Isles'' (1866) Shuckard described many of the Hymenoptera collected by Charles Darwin on the Second voyage of HMS Beagle, Voyage of the Beagle. He was a Fellow of the Royal Entomolog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
