Heather Angel / Chalcid wasp (Gasteruption jaculator) nectaring on Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) cultivar, picking up pollen on legs and head. Long ovipositor used to lays eggs inside solitary bee nests. In garden, S...
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Paul Bertner / Parasitoid Wasp (Neorileya sp) on Stink Bug (Pentatomidae) eggs, Leticia, Amazon, Colombia
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Kim Taylor / Rose-hip chalcid (Megastigmus aculeatus) female on flowering grass. Surrey, England, May.
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Kim Taylor / Rose-hip chalcid (Megastigmus aculeatus) female on flowering grass. Surrey, England, May.
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John Abbott / Wasp (Pteromalus puparum), parasitoid wasp of butterfly pupae including Monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) Brackenridge Field Laboratory, Austin, Travis Co, Texas, USA, December.
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Pete Oxford / Chalcid Wasp (Chalcididae) group parasitizing butterfly pupa, Tiputini Biodiversity Station, adjacent to Yasuni National Park, Amazon Rainforest, Ecuador
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Piotr Naskrecki / Chalcid Wasp (Chalcididae) parasite newly emerged from butterfly chrysalis, Sipaliwini, Surinam
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Piotr Naskrecki / Chalcid Wasp (Chalcididae) parasite emerging from butterfly chrysalis, Sipaliwini, Surinam
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Nick Upton / Chalcid wasp (Pteromalus sp.) a parasite of Leafcutter bees (Megachile sp.), inspecting host nest burrows in an insect hotel, Wiltshire garden, UK. July.
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Nick Upton / Wood-carving leafcutter bee (Megachile ligniseca) nest cell with an exit hole chewed out in spring, probably by emerging parasitic Chalcid wasps (Pteromalus sp.), whose larvae develop inside Leafcutte...
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Nigel Cattlin / Parasitoid wasp (Trichogramma sp.) a minute wasp used to control Angoumois grain moth (Sitotroga cerealella) by parasitising its eggs, England, UK.
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Nigel Cattlin / Parasitoid wasp (Trichogramma sp.) a minute wasp used to control Angoumois grain moth (Sitotroga cerealella) by parasitising its eggs, England, UK.
