@harrysentonbury@social.linux.pizza2026-06-28 22:12:46
earlier.....
#bloomScrolling #beetles #nature
@harrysentonbury@social.linux.pizza2026-06-28 22:12:46
@colinpurrington@flipping.rocks2026-06-25 15:51:48
Last fall I stuffed several hundred eastern redbud seeds into pharmaceutical gel caps, then waited for parasitic wasps to emerge so that I could take photographs. #blog #wasps #insects #parasites #nature #redbud #beetles #hymenoptera #macro #macrophotography #entomology https://colinpurrington.com/2026/06/wasps-emerging-from-eastern-redbud-seeds/
@colinpurrington@flipping.rocks2026-05-17 10:03:37
Tiny pteromalid, possibly Dinarmus basilis, that emerged from my collection of eastern redbud seeds. The species is a known parasitoid of the bruchid that eats these seeds. #wasps #dinarmus #insects #chalcidoidea #redbud #bruchidae #beetles #entomology #nature #biology
