{"id":5893,"date":"2022-08-22T22:28:22","date_gmt":"2022-08-22T20:28:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.geoicon.cz\/?p=5893"},"modified":"2022-08-22T22:28:25","modified_gmt":"2022-08-22T20:28:25","slug":"little-wasp-miner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.geoicon.cz\/index.php\/2022\/08\/22\/little-wasp-miner\/","title":{"rendered":"Little wasp miner"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Anyone who has ever visited my website must have known that the main objects of my photographic interest are birds, which I have been doing for almost 45 years. However, trips to find interesting bird models require more and more time spent in the field. Since lately my free time is getting rarer, but I didn&#8217;t want to give up nature photography, I turned my attention a little lower. I looked under my feet and discovered an incredible world of insects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><div id=\"jig1\" class=\"justified-image-grid jig-3c4e9cf3229a6afe728486155450e612 jig-preset-c3 jig-source-nextgen\"><div class=\"jig-clearfix\"><\/div><noscript id=\"jig1-html\" class=\"justified-image-grid-html\" data-lazy-src=\"skiplazyload\" data-src=\"skipunveillazyload\"><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geoicon.cz\/wp-content\/gallery\/bodulka\/B12A0643tit.jpg\" title=\"Canon EOS R5, CANON MP-E 65\/2,8 MACRO, tripod : no, flash : yes, difuser, reflective plate, Tv 1\/500, Av 10, Exp.comp. 0, ISO 2000, 13.7.2022, Czech rep.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geoicon.cz\/wp-content\/gallery\/bodulka\/B12A0643tit.jpg\" alt=\"Small digger wasp \/ bodulka st\u0159\u00edb\u0159it\u00e1 (Oxybela argentatus)\" width=\"1050\" height=\"700\" \/><\/a><p class=\"jig-HTMLdescription\">Small digger wasp \/ bodulka st\u0159\u00edb\u0159it\u00e1 (Oxybela argentatus)<br\/>Canon EOS R5, CANON MP-E 65\/2,8 MACRO, tripod : no, flash : yes, difuser, reflective plate, Tv 1\/500, Av 10, Exp.comp. 0, ISO 2000, 13.7.2022, Czech rep.<\/p><\/li><\/ul><\/noscript><\/div><br><div id=\"jig2\" class=\"justified-image-grid jig-b8ab33862d8a421e325f0eb7b664f00f jig-preset-c3 jig-source-nextgen\"><div class=\"jig-clearfix\"><\/div><noscript id=\"jig2-html\" class=\"justified-image-grid-html\" data-lazy-src=\"skiplazyload\" data-src=\"skipunveillazyload\"><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geoicon.cz\/wp-content\/gallery\/bodulka\/B12A8787tit.jpg\" title=\"Canon EOS R5, CANON MP-E 65\/2,8 MACRO, tripod : no, flash : yes, difuser, reflective plate, Tv 1\/200, Av 10, Exp.comp. 0, ISO 500, 25.6.2022, Czech rep.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geoicon.cz\/wp-content\/gallery\/bodulka\/B12A8787tit.jpg\" alt=\"Small digger wasp \/ bodulka st\u0159\u00edb\u0159it\u00e1 (Oxybela argentatus)\" width=\"1050\" height=\"700\" \/><\/a><p class=\"jig-HTMLdescription\">Small digger wasp \/ bodulka st\u0159\u00edb\u0159it\u00e1 (Oxybela argentatus)<br\/>Canon EOS R5, CANON MP-E 65\/2,8 MACRO, tripod : no, flash : yes, difuser, reflective plate, Tv 1\/200, Av 10, Exp.comp. 0, ISO 500, 25.6.2022, Czech rep.<\/p><\/li><\/ul><\/noscript><\/div><br><em>A small wasp reaches a length of only about 10 mm.<\/em><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The country I live in is called Czech Paradise. It is a place of countless rocky sandstone mazes, basalt igneous rocks and pine forests. We can find many unique locations here, places that are not found anywhere else. And in these places we can also find very interesting animals bound to sandy and very dry and warm places.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><div id=\"jig3\" class=\"justified-image-grid jig-481d5f8247a89124b00c3dbb882fee04 jig-preset-c3 jig-source-nextgen\"><div class=\"jig-clearfix\"><\/div><noscript id=\"jig3-html\" class=\"justified-image-grid-html\" data-lazy-src=\"skiplazyload\" data-src=\"skipunveillazyload\"><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geoicon.cz\/wp-content\/gallery\/bodulka\/B12A0699tit.jpg\" title=\"Canon EOS R5, CANON RF 85 mm f\/2 MACRO IS STM, tripod : no, flash : yes, difuser, reflective plate, Tv 1\/640, Av 7,1, Exp.comp. 0, ISO 2000, 13.7.2022, Czech rep\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geoicon.cz\/wp-content\/gallery\/bodulka\/B12A0699tit.jpg\" alt=\"Small digger wasp \/ bodulka st\u0159\u00edb\u0159it\u00e1 (Oxybela argentatus)\" width=\"1048\" height=\"700\" \/><\/a><p class=\"jig-HTMLdescription\">Small digger wasp \/ bodulka st\u0159\u00edb\u0159it\u00e1 (Oxybela argentatus)<br\/>Canon EOS R5, CANON RF 85 mm f\/2 MACRO IS STM, tripod : no, flash : yes, difuser, reflective plate, Tv 1\/640, Av 7,1, Exp.comp. 0, ISO 2000, 13.7.2022, Czech rep<\/p><\/li><\/ul><\/noscript><\/div><br><div id=\"jig4\" class=\"justified-image-grid jig-2900e41722be15aae0cf8f6ffb3594d4 jig-preset-c3 jig-source-nextgen\"><div class=\"jig-clearfix\"><\/div><noscript id=\"jig4-html\" class=\"justified-image-grid-html\" data-lazy-src=\"skiplazyload\" data-src=\"skipunveillazyload\"><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geoicon.cz\/wp-content\/gallery\/bodulka\/B12A8811tit.jpg\" title=\"Canon EOS R5, CANON MP-E 65\/2,8 MACRO, tripod : no, flash : yes, difuser, reflective plate, Tv 1\/200, Av 10, Exp.comp. 0, ISO 1000, 25.6.2022, Czech rep.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geoicon.cz\/wp-content\/gallery\/bodulka\/B12A8811tit.jpg\" alt=\"Small digger wasp \/ bodulka st\u0159\u00edb\u0159it\u00e1 (Oxybela argentatus)\" width=\"1048\" height=\"700\" \/><\/a><p class=\"jig-HTMLdescription\">Small digger wasp \/ bodulka st\u0159\u00edb\u0159it\u00e1 (Oxybela argentatus)<br\/>Canon EOS R5, CANON MP-E 65\/2,8 MACRO, tripod : no, flash : yes, difuser, reflective plate, Tv 1\/200, Av 10, Exp.comp. 0, ISO 1000, 25.6.2022, Czech rep.<\/p><\/li><\/ul><\/noscript><\/div><br><em>Preoccupied with finding a suitable place to excavate the corridor, she does not notice the person at all.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Especially on the southern slopes, one of them is a small wasp with the warning name Oxybellus argentatus. Like any proper wasp, this little wasp also has a sting. But he doesn&#8217;t use it to attack people or other intruders. On the contrary, one could say that she is almost friendly to people, or at least they are completely stolen from her. Their body length is 6 to 10 mm, so they could easily escape our attention. However, if you pay attention to where you step when walking along the sandy footpaths of the Bohemian Paradise in the summer in June to August, you can observe these wasps flying very nimbly and then running on the ground right on the way, as it happened to me in the Prachovsk\u00e9 sk\u00e1ly and disappears in a few seconds in the dug-out corridor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><div id=\"jig5\" class=\"justified-image-grid jig-1ae5d3cbda37479f2969cc6a220a46ae jig-preset-c3 jig-source-nextgen\"><div class=\"jig-clearfix\"><\/div><noscript id=\"jig5-html\" class=\"justified-image-grid-html\" data-lazy-src=\"skiplazyload\" data-src=\"skipunveillazyload\"><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geoicon.cz\/wp-content\/gallery\/bodulka\/B12A2613tit.jpg\" title=\"Canon EOS R5, CANON RF 85 mm f\/2 MACRO IS STM, tripod : no, flash : yes, difuser, reflective plate, Tv 1\/250, Av 10, Exp.comp. 0, ISO 2000, 25.7.2022, Czech rep\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geoicon.cz\/wp-content\/gallery\/bodulka\/B12A2613tit.jpg\" alt=\"Small digger wasp \/ bodulka st\u0159\u00edb\u0159it\u00e1 (Oxybela argentatus)\" width=\"1050\" height=\"700\" \/><\/a><p class=\"jig-HTMLdescription\">Small digger wasp \/ bodulka st\u0159\u00edb\u0159it\u00e1 (Oxybela argentatus)<br\/>Canon EOS R5, CANON RF 85 mm f\/2 MACRO IS STM, tripod : no, flash : yes, difuser, reflective plate, Tv 1\/250, Av 10, Exp.comp. 0, ISO 2000, 25.7.2022, Czech rep<\/p><\/li><\/ul><\/noscript><\/div><br><div id=\"jig6\" class=\"justified-image-grid jig-ae39d70e5e1bef1c7ead053a11e3c380 jig-preset-c3 jig-source-nextgen\"><div class=\"jig-clearfix\"><\/div><noscript id=\"jig6-html\" class=\"justified-image-grid-html\" data-lazy-src=\"skiplazyload\" data-src=\"skipunveillazyload\"><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geoicon.cz\/wp-content\/gallery\/bodulka\/B12A2637tit.jpg\" title=\"Canon EOS R5, CANON RF 85 mm f\/2 MACRO IS STM, tripod : no, flash : yes, difuser, reflective plate, Tv 1\/250, Av 10, Exp.comp. 0, ISO 2000, 25.7.2022, Czech rep\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geoicon.cz\/wp-content\/gallery\/bodulka\/B12A2637tit.jpg\" alt=\"Small digger wasp \/ bodulka st\u0159\u00edb\u0159it\u00e1 (Oxybela argentatus)\" width=\"1048\" height=\"700\" \/><\/a><p class=\"jig-HTMLdescription\">Small digger wasp \/ bodulka st\u0159\u00edb\u0159it\u00e1 (Oxybela argentatus)<br\/>Canon EOS R5, CANON RF 85 mm f\/2 MACRO IS STM, tripod : no, flash : yes, difuser, reflective plate, Tv 1\/250, Av 10, Exp.comp. 0, ISO 2000, 25.7.2022, Czech rep<\/p><\/li><\/ul><\/noscript><\/div><br><em>A small wasp creates a ball from the excavated material, which it carries away with its front pair of legs.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When digging, it uses a quick synchronized movement of the front legs with a characteristically raised rear, so as not to interfere with throwing grains of sand backwards. Some of them make a ball out of the dug-up material already in the corridor, which they carry outside behind with their front legs and only then put the material there. You will rarely find a corridor of only one thistle. It almost always creates so-called nest aggregations, and several wasps dig corridors in a suitable place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><div id=\"jig7\" class=\"justified-image-grid jig-86f61579e98fc6036c70976cdaee879d jig-preset-c3 jig-source-nextgen\"><div class=\"jig-clearfix\"><\/div><noscript id=\"jig7-html\" class=\"justified-image-grid-html\" data-lazy-src=\"skiplazyload\" data-src=\"skipunveillazyload\"><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geoicon.cz\/wp-content\/gallery\/bodulka\/B12A0591tit.jpg\" title=\"Canon EOS R5, CANON MP-E 65\/2,8 MACRO, tripod : no, flash : yes, difuser, reflective plate, Tv 1\/400, Av 10, Exp.comp. 0, ISO 2000, 13.7.2022, Czech rep.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geoicon.cz\/wp-content\/gallery\/bodulka\/B12A0591tit.jpg\" alt=\"Small digger wasp \/ bodulka st\u0159\u00edb\u0159it\u00e1 (Oxybela argentatus)\" width=\"1050\" height=\"700\" \/><\/a><p class=\"jig-HTMLdescription\">Small digger wasp \/ bodulka st\u0159\u00edb\u0159it\u00e1 (Oxybela argentatus)<br\/>Canon EOS R5, CANON MP-E 65\/2,8 MACRO, tripod : no, flash : yes, difuser, reflective plate, Tv 1\/400, Av 10, Exp.comp. 0, ISO 2000, 13.7.2022, Czech rep.<\/p><\/li><\/ul><\/noscript><\/div><br><em>A fly impaled on the sting of a small wasp.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many types of hymenoptera insects, to which Oxybelus also belongs, have a so-called parasitoid mode of development. This means that her egg is laid on paralyzed prey, most often Diptera flies of the genus Acrosathe. This live preserve is carried by the female swollen on the stinger into a pre-excavated nest. Some females even dig the passage even with a fly on the stinger. However, many details about the bionomics of this species are still unknown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><div id=\"jig8\" class=\"justified-image-grid jig-47cc2ecf1c9831bc31a756cf553967eb jig-preset-c3 jig-source-nextgen\"><div class=\"jig-clearfix\"><\/div><noscript id=\"jig8-html\" class=\"justified-image-grid-html\" data-lazy-src=\"skiplazyload\" data-src=\"skipunveillazyload\"><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geoicon.cz\/wp-content\/gallery\/bodulka\/B12A8803tit.jpg\" title=\"Canon EOS R5, CANON MP-E 65\/2,8 MACRO, tripod : no, flash : yes, difuser, reflective plate, Tv 1\/200, Av 10, Exp.comp. 0, ISO 1000, 25.6.2022, Czech rep.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geoicon.cz\/wp-content\/gallery\/bodulka\/B12A8803tit.jpg\" alt=\"Small digger wasp \/ bodulka st\u0159\u00edb\u0159it\u00e1 (Oxybela argentatus)\" width=\"1048\" height=\"700\" \/><\/a><p class=\"jig-HTMLdescription\">Small digger wasp \/ bodulka st\u0159\u00edb\u0159it\u00e1 (Oxybela argentatus)<br\/>Canon EOS R5, CANON MP-E 65\/2,8 MACRO, tripod : no, flash : yes, difuser, reflective plate, Tv 1\/200, Av 10, Exp.comp. 0, ISO 1000, 25.6.2022, Czech rep.<\/p><\/li><\/ul><\/noscript><\/div><br><em>She often pushes the excavated material out of the corridor with its forehead.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the Czech Republic, Oxybelus are a relatively rare species, as the map of its distribution shows. Due to its habitat requirements for loose sandy terrain, the species is very local and is considered an endangered species in our country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><div id=\"jig9\" class=\"justified-image-grid jig-d0f032f73cde1664288a577a02a1608d jig-preset-c3 jig-source-nextgen\"><div class=\"jig-clearfix\"><\/div><noscript id=\"jig9-html\" class=\"justified-image-grid-html\" data-lazy-src=\"skiplazyload\" data-src=\"skipunveillazyload\"><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geoicon.cz\/wp-content\/gallery\/bodulka\/B12A8871tit.jpg\" title=\"Canon EOS R5, CANON MP-E 65\/2,8 MACRO, tripod : no, flash : yes, difuser, reflective plate, Tv 1\/100, Av 10, Exp.comp. 0, ISO 1600, 25.6.2022, Czech rep.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geoicon.cz\/wp-content\/gallery\/bodulka\/B12A8871tit.jpg\" alt=\"Small digger wasp \/ bodulka st\u0159\u00edb\u0159it\u00e1 (Oxybela argentatus)\" width=\"1050\" height=\"700\" \/><\/a><p class=\"jig-HTMLdescription\">Small digger wasp \/ bodulka st\u0159\u00edb\u0159it\u00e1 (Oxybela argentatus)<br\/>Canon EOS R5, CANON MP-E 65\/2,8 MACRO, tripod : no, flash : yes, difuser, reflective plate, Tv 1\/100, Av 10, Exp.comp. 0, ISO 1600, 25.6.2022, Czech rep.<\/p><\/li><\/ul><\/noscript><\/div><br><em>Portrait from the hole<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5894,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.geoicon.cz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5893","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.geoicon.cz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.geoicon.cz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.geoicon.cz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.geoicon.cz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5893"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.geoicon.cz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5893\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5896,"href":"https:\/\/www.geoicon.cz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5893\/revisions\/5896"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.geoicon.cz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.geoicon.cz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.geoicon.cz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.geoicon.cz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}