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Ichneumon Wasp

DateSat 2014-05-24

From a couple of summers ago: a female Ichneumon wasp (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) injecting an egg into the stem of a knapweed plant (Centaurea sp), presumably onto some host larva hiding there.

Photos taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2012-07-28.

AuthorTristram Brelstaff | CommentPost a Comment |
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