Bee and a sawfly

[scoober]

This sawfly attacked the fly killed it and flew off carrying it

 

[davholla]

That is a solitary wasp, not a sawfly. Congratulations, not many people see that behaviour.
I don't know what species it is, but it the fly is probably not dead but paralyzed, it will be put in the wasp's nest and an egg laid on it. The larva will eat it alive and then pupate and then produce a new wasp.

 

[scoober]

Thanks David i did ask elsewhere and was told its a sawfly glad you cleared it up for me

 

[alfbranch]

I reckon that Bee is upside down
The wasp may be a field digger and yeah nice to see that behaviour

https://www.bwars.com/content/beginners-bees-wasps-mellinus-arvensis

 

[alfbranch]

Thanks David i did ask elsewhere and was told its a sawfly glad you cleared it up for me

You can tell it is wasp by the slim waist

 

[scoober]

I reckon that Bee is upside down
The wasp may be a field digger and yeah nice to see that behaviour

https://www.bwars.com/content/beginners-bees-wasps-mellinus-arvensis

Alf you have a good eye i did turn it round i liked it better

 

[davholla]

I reckon that Bee is upside down
The wasp may be a field digger and yeah nice to see that behaviour

https://www.bwars.com/content/beginners-bees-wasps-mellinus-arvensis

Well done for getting that id. Sadly I have never seen that, although I have seen wasps carrying paralyzed prey to their nests.

I have recently being reading Fabre on hunting wasps (100 years old), can anyone suggest an alternative book?

 

[Dangerous]

There are several types of sawfly with a variety of colours but they all seem to have one thing in common, they don't have the slim waist that @alfbranch mentions and the only black/yellow I can find is the figwort sawfly as shown here.

 

[GardenersHelper]

Nice behaviour shot. I've never seen that.