Summary[edit] Description: English: Bembix rostrata. Found in Audriņi village near Rēzekne city, Latvia. Date: 15 July 2014. Source: Own work. Author: AfroBrazilian.
Summary[edit] Description: English: Wasp Bembix rostrata, photographed at the cemetery of Schmogrow, Schmogrow-Fehrow, Landkreis Spree-Neiße, Brandenburg, Germany. In 2011 existed there a colony of this wasps. Deutsch: Kreiselwespe (Bembix rostrata) in typischem Habitat, fotografiert auf dem Friedhof von Schmogrow, Ortsteil der Gemeinde Schmogrow-Fehrow, Landkreis Spree-Neiße, Brandenburg, Deutschland. Auf dem Friedhof existierte 2011 eine große Kolonie dieser seltenen Wespen, bestehend aus vielen hundert Tieren. Date: 7 June 2011. Source: Own work. Author: J.-H. Janßen.
Summary[edit] Description: English: Wasp Bembix rostrata, photographed at the cemetery of Schmogrow, Schmogrow-Fehrow, Landkreis Spree-Neiße, Brandenburg, Germany. In 2011 existed there a colony of this wasps. Deutsch: Kreiselwespe (Bembix rostrata) in typischem Habitat, fotografiert auf dem Friedhof von Schmogrow, Ortsteil der Gemeinde Schmogrow-Fehrow, Landkreis Spree-Neiße, Brandenburg, Deutschland. Auf dem Friedhof existierte 2011 eine große Kolonie dieser seltenen Wespen, bestehend aus vielen hundert Tieren. Date: 7 June 2011. Source: Own work. Author: J.-H. Janßen.
These sand wasps need a lot of sand. In the park people do all sorts of sports a keep growth scarce. Bembix rostrata digs a 10cm diagonal duct (leading to the nesting chamber) and that very quickly with synchronized movements of their forelegs. The prey are flies of different sizes (here a big Syrphid I guess) that are fed to the larvae- sometimes up to 50 per larva - After every visit to the nest the opening is carefully closed i.e. pawed shut [Heiko Bellmann, 1999, translated].Phylum: Arthropoda (artrhropods, Gliederfer)Subphylum: HexapodaClass: Insecta (insects, Insekten)Subclass: PterygotaOrder: Hymenoptera (Hautflgler)Suborder: Apocrita (wasps, bees & ants; Taillenwespen)Superfamily: Apoidea (Bienen & Grabwespen)Family: Crabronidae LATREILLE, 1802 (kind of sand wasps, eine Familie der Sandwespen)Subfamily: BembicinaeGenus: Bembix (Kreiselwespe)Bembix rostrata FABRICIUS, 1781 (Geschnbelte Kreiselwespe)NE-Germany, Berlin: Hasenheide (parc), 11.08.2012 IMG_1948
These sand wasps need a lot of sand. In the park people do all sorts of sports a keep growth scarce. Bembix rostrata digs a 10cm diagonal duct (leading to the nesting chamber) and that very quickly with synchronized movements of their forelegs. The prey are flies of different sizes (here a big Syrphid I guess) that are fed to the larvae- sometimes up to 50 per larva - After every visit to the nest the opening is carefully closed i.e. pawed shut [Heiko Bellmann, 1999, translated]. Phylum: Arthropoda (artrhropods, Gliederfüßer) Subphylum: Hexapoda Class: Insecta (insects, Insekten) Subclass: Pterygota Order: Hymenoptera (Hautflügler) Suborder: Apocrita (wasps, bees & ants; Taillenwespen) Superfamily: Apoidea (Bienen & Grabwespen) Family: Crabronidae LATREILLE, 1802 (kind of sand wasps, eine Familie der Sandwespen) Subfamily: Bembicinae Genus: Bembix (Kreiselwespe) Bembix rostrata FABRICIUS, 1781 (Geschnäbelte Kreiselwespe) NE-Germany, Berlin: Hasenheide (parc), 11.08.2012 IMG_1948