This 2-day workshop led by Ian Cheeseborough is for anyone who would like to learn about the identification and ecology of solitary wasps. Day 1 will be based at Ness Botanical Gardens, Wirral where ...

Solitary wasps are common beneficial insects in landscapes. They hunt and capture other insects or spiders to feed their young. They are not aggressive toward people and rarely sting. Solitary wasps ...

Most of the data gathering will be museum collection-based. The primary supervisor, a taxonomist and museum curator, will provide training in parasitoid wasp identification, taxonomy and ecology. The ...

Wasps commonly nest in a wide variety of sites, including on and inside buildings, in trees and in the ground. Wasps will generally not bother people when their nests are not near human activity. When ...

Identification of this insect is fairly easy just judging on size alone. The adults range in size from 1½ to 1¾ inches in length for females and about 1 to 1¼ inches for males. Both sexes are ...

Scientific name: Chrysis ignita agg. If seen up close, the glittering Ruby-tailed wasp is, perhaps, one of the UK's most beautiful insects. A solitary wasp, it can be found in sandy and rocky habitats ...