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Triscolia Ardens
''Triscolia ardens'' is a species of wasp in the family Scoliidae. It is the sole member of its genus found in North America.Bug Eric: Wasp Wednesday, ''Triscolia ardens''. http://bugeric.blogspot.com/2011/09/wasp-wednesday-triscolia-ardens.html, retrieved 10/18/21.Eaton, Eric R. and Kaufman, Ken. Kaufman Field Guide to insects of North America, 2007. Houghton-Milin Co., ppg. 350-351 Description This species resembles ''Scolia dubia ''Scolia dubia'', also known as the two-spotted scoliid wasp or a blue-winged scoliid wasp, is a species in the family Scoliidae. Description and identification ''S. dubia'' is a long wasp. The body is black from the head through the first or s ...'', without the yellow spots distinctive to that species. As with other scoliids, the females have short antennae, while the males have long antennae, and possess a "three pronged pseudosting". Habitat Open fields, meadows, open areas in general, where they fly near to the ground, in search of prey. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederick Smith (entomologist)
Frederick Smith (30 December 1805 – 16 February 1879) was a British entomologist who worked at the zoology department of the British Museum from 1849, specialising in the Hymenoptera. Smith was born near York to William Smith and went to school at Leeds. He then studied under landscape engraver W.B. Cooke along with his nephew William Edward Shuckard. Together they took an interest in insects, especially the ants and bees. In 1841, following the death of William Bainbridge, he became a curator of the collections and the library of the Entomological Society of London. As an engraver he produced copies based on the works of Turner, Constable and David Roberts. He also worked with Gray arranging Hymenoptera in the British Museum. In 1849 he succeeded Edward Doubleday as a member of the zoologicy department. He then gave up his art work but produced the plates for Wollaston's ''Insecta Maderensia'' (1854) and for papers in the Transactions of the Entomological Society. In 1875, h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scolia Dubia
''Scolia dubia'', also known as the two-spotted scoliid wasp or a blue-winged scoliid wasp, is a species in the family Scoliidae. Description and identification ''S. dubia'' is a long wasp. The body is black from the head through the first or second segment of the abdomen. The second third abdominal segment and beyond are red. The nominate subspecies possesses has the second abdominal segment black and two yellow spots on the third tergite, which are lacking in the subspecies ''S. dubia haematodes''. The wings are violaceous or with blueish reflections. Males are colored as the female of their respective subspecies but have longer antennae and seven rather than six metasomal segments. The subspecies ''S. dubia haematodes'' is colored much like ''Triscolia ardens'' but can be recognized by the forewing only possessing two submarginal cells rather than three in ''T. ardens''. Distribution This species ranges from New England to Florida and west to California in the United States ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scoliidae
The Scoliidae, the scoliid wasps, are a family of about 560 species found worldwide. They tend to be black, often marked with yellow or orange, and their wing tips are distinctively corrugated. Males are more slender and elongated than females, with significantly longer antennae, but the sexual dimorphism is not as apparent as in the Tiphiidae. Biology Scoliid wasps are solitary parasitoids of scarab beetle larvae. Female scoliids burrow into the ground in search of these larvae and then use their sting to paralyze them. They will sometimes excavate a chamber and move the paralyzed beetle larva into it before depositing an egg. Scoliid wasps act as important biocontrol agents, as many of the beetles they parasitize are pests, including the Japanese beetle. Male scoliids patrol territories, ready to mate with females emerging from the ground. Adult wasps may be minor pollinators of some plants and can be found on many wildflowers in the late summer. Scoliidae also has at least o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
