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Stefan F. WirthThe <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/warmthloving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#warmthloving</a> <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/paperwasp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#paperwasp</a> <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/Polistes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Polistes</a> <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/dominula" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dominula</a> (Polistinae) was originally native to central/ southern Europe and Asia, but is increasingly spreading towards Scandinavia due to <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/globalwarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#globalwarming</a>. In e.g. Australia and <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/NorthAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NorthAmerica</a> it occurs as <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/neozoan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#neozoan</a>. 50 or more nest cells are created by one or several young <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/queens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#queens</a> with the strongest subdueing its competitors. The wasp can be <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/parasitized" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#parasitized</a> by <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/Xenos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Xenos</a> <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/vesparum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vesparum</a> (<a href="https://biologists.social/tags/Strepsiptera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Strepsiptera</a>). © <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/StefanFWirth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StefanFWirth</a> <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/Berlin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Berlin</a> 2025

Max, whispers to you too nowA very cool and interesting study about the impact of Stylopization (parasitism by Stylops ater) on a mining bee (Andrena vaga). By tweaking the bee's endocrine system, the parasite is able to shift the emergence time. The authors also observe a masculinization effect in female host, which is believed to be a by-product of the emergence-shift.<a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/entomology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#entomology</a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#insects</a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/parasite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#parasite</a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ecology</a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/evolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#evolution</a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nature</a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#science</a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/strepsiptera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#strepsiptera</a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bees</a><a href="https://doi.org/10.1017/s0031182023000483" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1017/s0031182023000483</a>

Albert Cardona<a href="https://flipping.rocks/@colinpurrington" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@colinpurrington</a>Note bees can also be stylopized: after all, bees are wasps that forgot to eat meat (except carrion bees that make meat honey from rotten corpses <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulture_bee" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulture_bee</a> but oh well).Here is a Hylaeus sp., a masked bee, stylopized: <a href="https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/89223666" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/89223666</a> When I took the photo I had not even noticed; nearly didn't even post it, as I only had one and a bit blurry. Then John Ascher made me notice the parasite protruding from its tergites.<a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/iNaturalist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#iNaturalist</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Stylopidae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Stylopidae</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Strepsiptera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Strepsiptera</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Hymenoptera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Hymenoptera</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/nativebees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nativebees</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bees</a>

Jill OrmeMy most recent blog post, over on Blipfoto: <a href="https://www.blipfoto.com/entry/3083921567508334334" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.blipfoto.com/entry/3083921567508334334</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/BritishBees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BritishBees</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/ChocolateMiningBee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ChocolateMiningBee</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/AndrenaScotica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AndrenaScotica</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/stylops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#stylops</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/strepsiptera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#strepsiptera</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nature</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wildlife</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/macro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#macro</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/CanonR5" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CanonR5</a>

Donald HobernAnd now I can see it in plain view around a quarter of the way across and just below half way up the sample tray for that week.<a href="https://stangeia.hobern.net/araba-bioscan-1-8-january-2021/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://stangeia.hobern.net/araba-bioscan-1-8-january-2021/</a><a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/entomology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#entomology</a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Strepsiptera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Strepsiptera</a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Malaise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Malaise</a>

Donald HobernProbably only of interest to myself ... I've added an extra parameter to the URLs for my BOLD Australia site for exploring <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Australian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Australian</a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/DnaBarcodes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DnaBarcodes</a>. If you include "gmaea=1" in the URL, it highlights the taxa and records associated with BOLD specimens from my local <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Malaise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Malaise</a> trapping. I'm finding it really interesting to visualise my specimens in context.If nothing else, it made me realise that Guelph found <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Strepsiptera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Strepsiptera</a> in the sample from the week of 1-8 January 2021.<a href="https://bold-au.hobern.net/index.php?gmaea=1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://bold-au.hobern.net/index.php?gmaea=1</a>

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