New garden species

Bee hotel

Gasteruption jaculator♀︎

Last update: 15 September 2021
garden
species


Uncommon

Location Krimpen aan den IJssel, garden
Observations
2021-IX-02


An unexpected new garden species, Gasteruption jaculator [1]. I noticed her at the end of the day flying on the bee hotels which she inspected thoroughly. She parasitizes Hylaeus and Colletes bees [2]. The first group is present on hotels but she did not parasitize a nest and unfortunately did not return after this day.

Gasteruption jaculator
Gasteruption jaculator ♀︎
Gasteruption jaculator ♀︎
Gasteruption jaculator ♀︎
Gasteruption jaculator ♀︎

Literature

1 Nederlands Soortenregister

2 van Achterberg, C., 2013. de nederlandse hongerwespen (hymenoptera: evanioidea: gasteruptiidae). Nederlandse Faunistische Mededelingen, 39, 55-87.

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