Natural History Photographs

by Cor Zonneveld

Family Crabronidae - subfamily Crabroninae

tribe Crabronini


Lindenius albilabris
Amstelveen, the Netherlands; 15 June 2007.
Amstelveen, the Netherlands; 11 & 30 June 2007.


Crabro cribarius
Hasliberg, Germany; 30 June & 3 July 2008.
Hasliberg, Germany; 8 July 2008.


Crabro peltarius
Male. Amstelveen, the Netherlands; 17 May 2007.


Crabro scutellatus
Amstelveen, the Netherlands; 1 July 2007. Male.


Ectemnius cavifrons

Amstelveen, the Netherlands; 2 June 2007.
Male on trunk of dead Willow, on the lookout for females.



Ectemnius continuus

Amstelveen, the Netherlands; 7 July 2007.

Amstelveen, the Netherlands; 11 June 2007.

Notice the saw dust on the thorax. This shows that
this female's nest must be in dead wood.



Ectemnius spp.

Amstelveen, the Netherlands; 17 May 2007. Tafelbergheide, the Netherlands; 6 June 2007.


Lestica clypeata
Hasliberg, Germany; 28 June 2008.


Lestica subterranea
Nieuw Bussumerheide, the Netherlands; 18 May 2007.


Rhopalum coarctatum
Amstelveen, the Netherlands; 27 September 2009.
Male on flowering Ivy.