... stones and rocks. It seemed unconcerned by my presence, unlike the Parnopesgrandior that I was trying to photograph, which would touch down from flight for 1-2 seconds ...
... when it arrived; never seen a chrysidid so big and so bright (I’ve seen Parnopesgrandior at a nearby site last year, and it is a wonderful wasp, but possibly not so remarkably ...
Thank you Frank. I wish I had found it earlier to try and get more opportunities to photograph it! This one was hard to keep in touch with and was almost never still. By the way, I always enjoy your beautifully detailed images. Brian
Very nice observation briang, was hard job but I found 2 specimens this year and always in flight, never looking for Bembix nests on the ground like here...
For a change I’m not asking for an identification: this must be Parnopesgrandior. Is it the easiest chrysidid to recognise? Of course, I didn’t know what it was until ...
... specimen were collected, but I've never seen one. An other species is Parnopesgrandior. The host Bempix rostata I know from some places and I hope that P. grandior follows ...
... rapport 2008 ISBN: 978-91-7488-216-2. Kemal M. & Koçak A.O. (2015) Parnopesgrandior (Pallas) in East Turkey (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae). CesaNews , 106: 13–15 Kim J.K ...