Videos of Chrysidids

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By Richard K. Walton (Massachussetts, USA)

Recording device: Canon XL H1. Location: Carlisle and Acton, Massachusetts, USA. Date: July 2007 and 2008. More impressive videos of wasp at Dick K. Walton's Natural History Services.

subject	duration	video
American chrysidids	50"	view

 

By Gian Luca Agnoli (Italy)

Recording device: Canon G5. Location: near Bologna, Italy.

subject	duration	video
Chrysis cerastes exploring	44"	view
Chrysis comparata long self cleaning	1'28"	view
Chrysis comparata oviposition 1	1'29"	view
Chrysis comparata oviposition 2	54"	view
Chrysis comparata going to rest	25"	view
Chrysis scutellaris exploring	52"	view
Spintharina versicolor exploring	1'21"	view

 

By Marek W. Kozlowski (Poland)

Three very interesting videos of a Chrysis ignita busy with self-care and with oviposition into the nest of Oplomerus spinipes (Eumenidae), made by Marek W. Kozlowski. The original versions of the videos are longer and with a better detail: if you are interested in buying them, we can make a CD-ROM with the high resolution. Contact us.

Recording device: miniDV Panasonic EZ1. Location: near Warsaw, Poland, brick wall.

subject	duration	video
Chrysis ignita and Oplomerus spinipes	40"	view
Chrysis ignita self cleaning after oviposition	51"	view
Chrysis ignita hard work of self cleaning	1'05"	view

 

By Roeland Langendam (The Netherlands)

Eleven very interesting videos of Chrysis ignita and Trichrysis cyanea busy with daily operations, self-care and with oviposition, made by Roeland Langendam. The original versions of the videos are longer and with a better detail: if you are interested in buying them, we can make a CD-ROM with the high resolution. Contact us.

subject	duration	video
Chrysis ignita	51"	view
Chrysis ignita	48"	view
Chrysis ignita	1'51"	view
Chrysis ignita	38"	view
Chrysis ignita	1'05"	view
Trichrysis cyanea	57"	view
Trichrysis cyanea	1'01"	view
Trichrysis cyanea	53"	view
Guest (Sphecidae)	30"	view
Overview of the oviposition traps: cells with eggs	30"	view
Overview of the oviposition traps: cells with eggs	53"	view

 

By Johann-Christoph Kornmilch (Germany)

A very nice video featuring some Pseudospinolia neglecta around a nest of Odynerus spinipes made by Johann-Christoph Kornmilch in Germany.

Format: AVI MPEG4-Video, 1.2 MBytes. Duration: 38 sec.

http://www.aculeata.net/Videos/videos.html

 

By Roeland Langendam (The Netherlands)

Six very interesting videos about Chrysis ignita and Trichrysis cyanea females during their activities. The specimens were filmed by Roeland Langendam in a private garden form Netherlands with a digital videocamera. The videos are only a short part of an extensive recording taken by the Author.

subject	duration	video
Chrysis ignita taking a short cleaning after laying an egg	26"	view
Trichrysis cyanea cleans herself after a long night	13"	view
Trichrysis cyanea exploring a nest before laying eggs	37"	view
Trichrysis cyanea defecates before laying an egg	28"	view
Chrysis ignita meets a Trichrysis cyanea and avoids a conflict	49"	view
Chrysis ignita lays an egg	28"	view