Arthropods Daily – Issue No. 7 No. 7 |
Philanthus triangulum, commonly known as the European beewolf, bee-killer wasp or the bee-eating philanthus (from the now obsolete synonym Philanthus apivorus), is a solitary wasp that lives in the Western Palearctic and Afrotropics. Although the adults of the species are herbivores (feeding on nectar and pollen), the species derives its name from the behavior of the inseminated females, who hunt Western honey bees. The female places several of its paralyzed prey together with an egg in...
Ancestry Graph
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arthropods-->insects("class: Insects"):::active
insects-->narrow-waisted-wasps-ants-and-bees("suborder: Narrow-waisted Wasps, Ants, and Bees"):::active
narrow-waisted-wasps-ants-and-bees-.->ants("family: Ants")
narrow-waisted-wasps-ants-and-bees-.->bembix-rostrata(["species: Bembix rostrata"])
narrow-waisted-wasps-ants-and-bees-.->cellophane-bees("genus: Cellophane Bees")
narrow-waisted-wasps-ants-and-bees-.->cuckoo-wasps("family: Cuckoo Wasps")
narrow-waisted-wasps-ants-and-bees==>european-beewolf(["species: European beewolf"]):::active
narrow-waisted-wasps-ants-and-bees-.->honey-bees-bumble-bees-and-allies("family: Honey Bees, Bumble Bees, and Allies")
narrow-waisted-wasps-ants-and-bees-.->hornets-paper-wasps-potter-wasps-and-allies("family: Hornets, Paper Wasps, Potter Wasps, and Allies")
narrow-waisted-wasps-ants-and-bees-.->ichneumonid-wasps("family: Ichneumonid Wasps")
narrow-waisted-wasps-ants-and-bees-.->lindenius-albilabris(["species: Lindenius albilabris"])
narrow-waisted-wasps-ants-and-bees-.->masked-bees("genus: Masked Bees")
narrow-waisted-wasps-ants-and-bees-.->mason-leafcutter-carder-and-resin-bees("family: Mason, Leafcutter, Carder, and Resin Bees")
narrow-waisted-wasps-ants-and-bees-.->mining-bees("genus: Mining Bees")
narrow-waisted-wasps-ants-and-bees-.->oxybelus("genus: Oxybelus")
narrow-waisted-wasps-ants-and-bees-.->sweat-bees("family: Sweat Bees")
narrow-waisted-wasps-ants-and-bees-.->thread-waisted-wasps("family: Thread-waisted Wasps")
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click hornets-paper-wasps-potter-wasps-and-allies href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/narrow-waisted-wasps-ants-and-bees/hornets-paper-wasps-potter-wasps-and-allies/"
click ichneumonid-wasps href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/narrow-waisted-wasps-ants-and-bees/ichneumonid-wasps/"
click lindenius-albilabris href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/narrow-waisted-wasps-ants-and-bees/lindenius-albilabris/"
click masked-bees href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/narrow-waisted-wasps-ants-and-bees/masked-bees/"
click mason-leafcutter-carder-and-resin-bees href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/narrow-waisted-wasps-ants-and-bees/mason-leafcutter-carder-and-resin-bees/"
click mining-bees href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/narrow-waisted-wasps-ants-and-bees/mining-bees/"
click oxybelus href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/narrow-waisted-wasps-ants-and-bees/oxybelus/"
click sweat-bees href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/narrow-waisted-wasps-ants-and-bees/sweat-bees/"
click thread-waisted-wasps href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/narrow-waisted-wasps-ants-and-bees/thread-waisted-wasps/"
click arthropods href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/"
click insects href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/"
click narrow-waisted-wasps-ants-and-bees href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/narrow-waisted-wasps-ants-and-bees/"
This is not intended to be a dry lexicon. Personal stories and sensitive articles form the framework for our pictures: „Konny and the blues — Diary of a 26-legged being“
Konny the woodlouse struggles with the challenges of a 26-legged life and talks to a flying visitor about the dangers of climate change.
