#apids — Public Fediverse posts
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Ichneumonid wasp ovipositing inside an aphid.
Low-light conditions, a bit blurred. Was fascinating to see, as it iterated over multiple target apids and stabbed them all. Aphids didn't even attempt to run. Interestingly, only chose small aphids, even a very small one (seen in this photo at the lower left, near the posterior tip of the wing of the wasp).
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/221688390
#Hymenoptera #apids #wasplove #engomology #insects #parasitoids