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Devon @waasp08.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Some recent wasp drawings from the last few months. I'm almost a bit overwhelmed at the options! There are so many wasps to be drawn, but I guess that's the fun part! I'll never run out of subjects. #Hymenoptera #Wasps #Illustrations

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Devon @waasp08.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Yesterday I tried something I've never done before, and that's animating a wasp! I'm not a professional, but I still had fun doing this. It's the first time I animate anything in 15 years, so I understand if it's not 100% accurate. #animation #Polistes #PaperWasp #art

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Devon @waasp08.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

This wasp is a Metapelma sp. , or perhaps even an imaginary species of Metapelma. Coloured pencils and white posca marker on 8½ x 11 cardstock. I tried my best. #Metapelma #Metapelmatidae #Chalcidoidea

Most likely an imaginary species of Metapelma. Drawn in coloured pencils and white posca marker.

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Devon @waasp08.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

My best attempt at drawing a species of Metapelma sp. viewed from underneath. It's crazy how hairy they are in real life. A very rainbowy species when viewed up close. Perhaps my pencils are a little too saturated? 🤔 #Metapelma #Metapelmatidae #Chalcidoidea

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Devon @waasp08.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Pelecinus gothyturator. She's attending the Hymenoptera ball. 👗 #Pelecinuspolyturator

Pelecinus polyturator in an elegant black dress...because why not!

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Devon @waasp08.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

I've been trying out something new lately and that's drawing my friends and family as wasps participating in their favourite hobbies/activities. I've only drawn two so far, but I plan on doing more! This is fun! #Megarhyssa #Ectemnius #Cartoon #Comic #Anthropomorphic #Wasps

One of my friends who is a field mycologist (study of mushrooms). Megarhyssa happens to be his favourite wasp.

Another friend who is very enthusiastic about soccer. The little device on the antenna is a cochlear implant. I chose Ectemnius for him because he inspired a square-headed wasp themed comic for my book and thought of the caption!

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Devon @waasp08.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

DONE. I may have to do little adjustments and fixes here and there, but overall I'm happy with how this turned out in the end. 🥳 48 different wasps from around the world! #Wasps #Hymenoptera #Apocrita #Aculeata #Parasitica #TraditionalArt #Illustration

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Devon @waasp08.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Pleistodontes froggatti ♀️! I'm almost finished with my project! As usual, constructive criticism is welcome. Only 3 wasps left to draw! 🐝 #Pleistodontesfroggatti #Agaonidae

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Devon @waasp08.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Chiloe micropteron! Now in Baeomorphidae, formerly known as Rotoitidae. I've wanted to draw one of these gals forever, and finally got around to it! I hope I did a good job! Constructive criticism is always welcome. #Chiloemicropteron #Baeomorphidae

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Devon @waasp08.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Finally got around to drawing Ypsilonigaster tiger! Jose Fernandez from the CNC approved, so that's nice! I literally have 6 wasps to go, and I'm finished! #Ypsilonigastertiger #Microgastrinae

Ypsilonigaster tiger. Braconidae, Microgastrinae. From Thailand. Host unknown. Coloured pencils.

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Devon @waasp08.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

I think it's cool that one of the new characters in the second Zootopia movie is a pit viper. I feel like he's probably based on Trimeresurus insularis!! What do you think? #PitViper #Snakes #Trimeresurusinsularis

https://zootopia.fandom.com/wiki/Gary_De%27Snake

https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/blogs/creatura-blog/2017/09/beware-the-impossibly-beautiful-blue-viper/

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Devon @waasp08.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

Throwback to this drawing from 2017 of Dasymutilla gloriosa. I don't even know where the original illustration is, but maybe I should try to redraw it?? This species is quite sexually dimorphic. The male looks totally different! Perhaps I should draw both sexes! #Dasymutillagloriosa #Illustration

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Devon @waasp08.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

These last few months have been a struggle. Nevertheless, I managed to sketch some random Polistes nimpha doodles. Drawing cartoony wasps always helps a bit with depression. I hope to carry on with my drawing project again soon. #Polistesnimpha #Cartoon #Expressions #Paperwasps #Hymenoptera #Wasps

Depression sucks. I haven't had the motivation or inspiration to draw any scientific illustrations of wasps for months. I keep hoping that, that spark will ignite again soon, and I will be on my way to finishing a project that's been over a year in the making. In the meantime, here are some random Polistes nimpha doodles that I sketched/coloured today.

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Devon @waasp08.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

New sphere! I believe it is a variety of ocean jasper. "Ocean Jasper" is formed through the process of silicification, where other minerals are replaced by silica (primarily quartz), resulting in the formation of chalcedony. It primarily consists of silicified rhyolite and quartz.

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Devon @waasp08.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

I just think Theronia maculosa is awesome. That's it, that's the post! #Theroniamaculosa #Pimplinae

Theronia maculosa. One of the coolest Pimplines in my opinion! Native to Australia.

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Devon @waasp08.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

I would appreciate a consensus from an Ichneumonologist, if possible! Unfortunately, I don't have a photo of the det label, nor do I remember the location. No other photos from different angles either, but I think this is Phrudus (Tersilochinae)? Maybe I'm wrong, but I'd appreciate corrections!!

Phrudus sp. (Tersilochinae) is my initial ID, if corrected, I will add a comment with the correct ID in the post. This was taken a while ago (2016), so that's why I don't remember the location. I don't have any other photos from different angles either. I apologize! I will definitely have a look next time I'm in the CNC! I'll be able to compare with real specimens.

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Devon @waasp08.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Another wasp from the series. This one is Dasymutilla aureola! Drawn with coloured pencils. #Dasymutillaaureola

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Devon @waasp08.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Waspception: a parasitoid of a parasitoid. This Amblyjoppa fuscipennis is in for a big surprise when she finds out the dark secret that this Euperilampus triangularis holds. Many Perilampids are hyperparasitoids of Ichneumonidae/Braconidae or Tachinidae that develop inside Lepidopteran larvae.

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Devon @waasp08.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Queen blackjacket (Vespula consobrina) preening and consuming dried fruit juice from my palm and fingers. May 25th, 2024. #Vespulaconsobrina #Blackjacket

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Devon @waasp08.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Female Plumarius sp. One of the most elusive wasps out there with virtually zero reference photos online, other than a black and white scientific illustration. I was privately sent two photos of a dead specimen, and used an illustration from a book as references. #Plumariidae #Chrysidoidea

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Devon @waasp08.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

While we're still on the topic of uv reactive minerals, I've had this fluorescent volcanic agate skull for years, and have only just discovered that it fluoresces! Mind blown! 🤯 Up next, is a wasp post! #Fluorescentvolcanicagate

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Devon @waasp08.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

I received my short wave UV light today to shine on my fluorescent agate sphere, and it did not disappoint! It looks wicked! #FluorescentAgate #Minerals

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Devon @waasp08.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Throwback to October 8th, 2023, where this maple's leaves were transitioning with a tricolor gradient! The craziest display I've ever seen! Sadly, the same tree didn't look nearly as spectacular last year, however. #Acer #Tricoloured #Tree #Maple

Display of tri-coloured leaves! Acer sp.

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Devon @waasp08.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

I may not be a Dipterist, but I have definitely spotted some interesting flies in the past! This Sphecomyiella valida made an appearance at my house at night on May 12th, 2016. I had never even heard of Pyrgotids before! Phyllophaga parasitoids! From Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. #Sphecomyiellavalida

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Craig B @mutillidae.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

. Happy Dasymutilla sicheliana day to those who celebrate. . #NaturalHistoryCollections #Macrophotography #FocusStacking #Mutillidae #IHeartYou

Dorsal view of a female velvet-ant (family Mutillidae) on a grey background. It's reddish brown, with dense, large patches of appressed yellow and black setae. The thorax has a large, heart-shaped patch of black appressed setae on a background of yellow.

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Devon @waasp08.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

A new form of Aposematism. A spotted Vespula would definitely be an interesting sight. There are sooooo many different types of wasps out there, and yet, I can't think of one with an exclusive polka-dot pattern! Maybe it exists out there somewhere! #polkadots #wasps #comic

A new form of Aposematism. A Vespula with spots instead of stripes would definitely be an interesting sight!

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Devon @waasp08.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Featured from my wasp project, this Aporus hirsutus was a lot of fun to draw! Their subdued iridescence is quite satisfying. I'm slowly building up the courage to draw my next wasp soon. Unfortunately, I got covid yesterday, so I'm just going to rest for a while. #Aporushirsutus

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Devon @waasp08.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

I may have a slight obsession with minerals. 💎 They make me so happy! #Minerals #Rocks #Crystals #Collection

Money Agate and fluorescent agate spheres + an ocean jasper mini slab

Part of my mineral collection. These are some of my personal favourites. In this photo there is:
Mexican crazy lace agate
Ocean jasper
Sugilite
Rhodochrosite
Bumblebee jasper
Purpurite
Ruby
Thulite
Bismuth
Garnet
Charoite
Dioptase + Shattuckite
Smokey quartz
Snow druzy
Pietersite
Chrysocolla
Kambaba jasper
Quartz + tourmaline or epidote
Dragon's blood stone
Tanzanite
Ruby in Zoisite
ThunderBay amethyst
Sapphire
Labradorite

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Devon @waasp08.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Currently in Winnipeg, Manitoba, on a short trip. It's COLD today! #Winnipeg #Manitoba #Canada

Weather and temperature in Winnipeg, Manitoba today.

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Devon @waasp08.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

I had the pleasure of illustrating the life cycle of Megarhyssa atrata last year for this paper: www.researchgate.net/figure/Life-... 1. Imago 2. Oviposition 3. Egg 4. Larva 5. Pupa 6. Emergence I put in my best efforts! #Megarhyssaatrata

Life cycle of Megarhyssa atrata. Illustrated for:
https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Life-cycle-of-the-woodboring-idiobiont-ectoparasitoid-Megarhyssa-atrata-Fabricius_fig1_384466437

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Devon @waasp08.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

This Ichneumonine by the name of Genaemirum phacochoerus probably wins the award for the weirdest looking face. It is hypothesized that these facial modifications are used as a way to shovel through caterpillar frass-filled tunnels in wood. Native to Africa! #Genaemirumphacochoerus

Genaemirum phacochoerus. It is only known from a dead holotype specimen. I illustrated it to look as if it were alive. Hopefully I was successful!

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Devon @waasp08.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Spookiest transformation ever! A Halloween comic from October 2023. A Papilio canadensis caterpillar gets parasitized by Trogus vulpinus behind the scenes. #Papiliocanadensis #Trogusvulpinus

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Devon @waasp08.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Most people don't think of wasps being aquatic, but there are definitely some that exist, such as Agriotypus sp. They are parasitoids of Trichoptera pupae and pre-pupae. #Agriotypus #Ichneumonidae

Agriotypus sp. An aquatic Ichneumonid wasp. A parasitoid of Trichoptera pupae and pre-pupae.

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Devon @waasp08.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

When I first discovered the existence of Cameronella, I couldn't believe my eyes! I just knew a comic had to be done at that point. Here is a playful Pepsis playing a game of darts with her Cameronella friend. (No wasps were hurt in the making of this comic). #Pepsis #Cameronella

I present: a Pepsis playing darts with a Cameronella.

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Devon @waasp08.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Here is another wasp from my project, shown individually! I only learned about this one last year! Eutrichosoma mirabile is a very fun Chalcidoid! Covered in hundreds of small white setae, it makes for a peculiar, but interesting look! Wasps never cease to amaze me. #Eutrichosomamirabile

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Devon @waasp08.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Cartoon Ichneumonid faces! One genus for each subfamily is represented. It was a fun project that I worked on in December of 2023. Hopefully the genera listed below are visible at this resolution! #Ichneumonidae

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Devon @waasp08.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Last one for today. One of my favourites from this series. Chrysis mionii. Native to Africa. Drawn with coloured pencils. #Chrysismionii

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Devon @waasp08.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

I said I wouldn't post an update until completely finished, but given the circumstances, I'll just post where I'm at. Masona popeye will be replaced with Ypsilonigaster tiger. I have 7 left to do. I hope they're accurate enough. I can always redraw the ones with mistakes. Peace. 🕊️ #Wasps

Wasp collage drawing project. Hopefully finished this year.

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Devon @waasp08.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

The urge to hug every wasp I see! 😆😭 This Vespula vidua worker was happily lapping up sugar water from my finger. August 2024. #Vespulavidua

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Devon @waasp08.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

I plan on posting my finished wasp drawing project here. It was supposed to be finished by now, actually, but depression has been hitting me really hard, and trying to draw anything is a struggle. I'll eventually regain that courage to finish 7 wasps before my project is completely finished.

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Devon @waasp08.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Taking a break from Facebook in view of all the chaos going on right now. I will be posting stuff here for the foreseeable future. Enjoy this drawing of Herbstellus chango (Pompilidae) from 2024.

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