HYMENOPTERA - Neil's Wildlife Journal

bees, wasps, sawflies and ants

Silk-button Spangle Gall Wasp [Neuroterus numismalis]

Upper surface of a Pedunculate Oak (Quercus robur) leaf with silk-button gall caused by N. numismalis on the lower surface at the 'yellow spots' - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 27 Jun 2025

Common Spangle Gall Wasp [Neuroterus quercusbaccarum]

Currant gall caused by the gall wasp N. quercusbaccarum laying eggs in a male catkin of an English Oak (Quercus robur)- Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 03 May 2025

Common Spangle Gall Wasp [Neuroterus quercusbaccarum]

Spangle gall caused by the gall wasp N. quercusbaccarum on the underside of the leaf of an English Oak (Quercus robur) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 17 Jul 2025

Bedeguar Gall Wasp [Diplolepis rosae]

Rose Bedeguar gall containing larvae of the wasp D. rosae on a leaf bud of Dog Rose (Rosa canina) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 27 Jun 2015

Greater Pennant Wasp [Gasteruption jaculator]

Female on Hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 18 Jul 2025

pimpline ichneumon wasp [Apechthis compunctor ?]

Male - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 03 Aug 2025

ichneumon wasp [Endromopoda nitida ?]

Female on Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 22 Jul 2025

ichneumon wasp [Ichneumon stramentarius ?]

Male (ID uncertain; males of many species of the genus Ichneumon are difficult to separate) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 21 Jul 2021

Yellow-tipped Darwin Wasp [Ichneumon stramentor ?]

Male (ID uncertain; males of many species of the genus Ichneumon are difficult to separate) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 30 Jul 2025

ichneumon wasp [Ichneumon suspiciosus]

Female on Wild Parsnip (Pastinaca sativa)- Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 25 Jul 2025

ichneumon wasp [Ichneumon suspiciosus]

Female on Wild Parsnip (Pastinaca sativa)- Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 25 Jul 2025

Tiger Ichneumon Wasp [Ichneumon xanthorius]

Male – Location : London Wetland Centre, Barnes, Greater London, England – Date of image : 28 Jul 2025

ichneumon wasp [Orthocentrus sp.]

Adult – Location : London Wetland Centre, Barnes, Greater London, England – Date of image : 28 Jul 2025

ichneumon wasp [Scambus sp.]

Female on Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 27 Aug 2022

ichneumon wasp [Scambus sp.]

Female - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 01 Aug 2021

ichneumon wasp [Stilbops ruficornis]

Female on Field Scabious - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 04 Aug 2021

ichneumon wasp [cf. Trychosis legator]

Female - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 28 Jun 2025

ichneumon wasp [cf. Trychosis legator]

Female - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 28 Jun 2025

parasitic wasp [Ormyrus nitidulus]

Female on English Oak (Quercus robur) leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 24 Aug 2020

Mournful Wasp [Pemphredon lugubris]

Adult – Location : London Wetland Centre, Barnes, Greater London, England – Date of image : 13 Sep 2024