Identification keys and general biology are given in Danks (1971), Spradbery (1973), Richards (1980) Yeo & Corbet (1995) and Archer (2000).

The rarest of the British species of Gorytes.

Despite this being a widespread species, there is little published on its ecology and ethology.

The rarest of our four Nysson species, with British populations seemingly using a different host to those in Fennoscandia. It is similarly threatened in Germany.

A species of Nysson that apparently has two hosts in this country and is sometimes easier to locate than its hosts.

A small, black wasp superficially resembling Lindenius species, but with pronounced hairy eyes.

Previously known as Pseudepipona tomentosus (Thomson, 1870). Identification keys and general biology are given in Spradbery (1973), Richards (1980), Yeo & Corbet (1995) and Archer (2000).

Of the twelve British species of Myrmica, this is one of the less widely distributed and least well known in terms of its biology and ecology. Morphologically, M. sulcinodis is typical of the genus in possessing a two-segmented 'waist', pectinate spurs on all tibiae, well developed propodeal spines and a sting in the females. The shape of the antennal scape provides a good character for separation from other British Myrmica. Females of M. sulcinodis are also characterised by a deep red and black coloration and pronounced rugose sculpturing of the cuticle… Read more