HYMENOPTERA - Neil's Wildlife Journal

bees, wasps, sawflies and ants

Mud-dauber Wasp [Sceliphron spirifex]

Adult - Location : farm Umtu, near Hotazel, Northern Cape, South Africa – Date of image : 03 Dec 2007

Large Tiphia [Tiphia femorata]

Female on Wild Carrot (Daurica carota) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 25 Aug 2024

Large Tiphia [Tiphia femorata]

Female on Wild Carrot (Daurica carota) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 25 Aug 2024

Wall Mason Wasp [Ancistrocerus parietum]

Adult - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 09 Aug 2025

mud-dauber wasp [Chalybion sp.]

thread-waisted wasp of family Sphecidae, possibly blue mud-dauber wasp of genus Chalybion – Location : Zogota, Nzérékoré prefecture, Guinea – Date of image : 08 Apr 2010

Black Mud Wasp [Delta emarginatum]

Adult - Location : farm Umtu, near Hotazel, Northern Cape, South Africa – Date of image : 24 Oct 2006

Black Mud Wasp [Delta emarginatum]

Adult - Location : farm Umtu, near Hotazel, Northern Cape, South Africa – Date of image : 03 Dec 2007

potter wasp [Delta lepeleterii]

Adult - Location : farm Umtu, near Hotazel, Northern Cape, South Africa – Date of image : 28 Oct 2006

potter wasp [Delta lepeleterii]

Adult - Location : farm Umtu, near Hotazel, Northern Cape, South Africa – Date of image : 28 Oct 2006

Median Wasp [Dolichovespula media]

Adult - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 30 Jun 2025

Tree Wasp [Dolichovespula sylvestris]

Adult - Location : RHS Garden Rosemoor, Torrington, Devon, England – Date of image : 31 Jul 2019

Orange-tailed Synagris [Synagris analis]

Adult on Black-jack (Bidens pilosa) - Location : near Kolwezi, Democratic Republic of Congo – Date of image : 05 Feb 2009

European Hornet [Vespa crabro]

Adult on White Bryony (Bryonia dioica) leaf- Location : Banstead Downs, Banstead, Surrey, England – Date of image : 30 Aug 2025

European Hornet [Vespa crabro]

Adult hovering above Hemp-agrimony (Eupatorium cannabinum) leaf- Location : Banstead Downs, Banstead, Surrey, England – Date of image : 30 Aug 2025

European Hornet [Vespa crabro]

Adult - Location : Park Downs, Banstead, Surrey, England – Date of image : 12 Aug 2025

European Hornet [Vespa crabro]

Adult hovering above a White Bryony (Bryonia dioica) leaf- Location : Banstead Downs, Banstead, Surrey, England – Date of image : 30 Aug 2025

German Wasp [Vespula germanica]

Adult - Location : London Wetland Centre, Barnes, Greater London, England – Date of image : 04 Sep 2023

German Wasp [Vespula germanica]

Adult on Wild Parsnip (Pastinaca sativa) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 21 Jul 2025

Common Wasp [Vespula vulgaris]

Adult - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 27 Jul 2025

Common Wasp [Vespula vulgaris]

Adult on Wild Parsnip (Pastinaca sativa) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 07 Aug 2020