Showing posts with label Ruby-tailed Wasp. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ruby-tailed Wasp. Show all posts

Thursday, June 26, 2025

Marbled Whites, Privet Hawkmoth and Smaller Species

 For the first time, we had a couple of Marbled Whites on our Lavender bush and an impressive Privet Hawkmoth on the pear tree. Apart from these, there were lots of smaller insects to add to the garden list including this exquisite Ruby-tailed Wasp, which is a parasitoid on small stem and wood-nesting wasps, and very strange Hemipteran that feeds on small insects as well as plant buds and unripe fruits.