Tiny Wasps => Earth's Apex Predators

Tiny wasp parasitizing lacewing eggs. Telenomus sp. by David Ball

30 10

Mike Beauregard says: ovipositor 'living fossil' species that begat Ants, Bees and Wasps

Xyelid Sawfly (Xyela sp.) 20180225_2147.jpg by John and Kendra Abbott

1

Mike Beauregard says: wasp reproduction within larvae galls formed by plant pests

Braconid Wasp with interesting ovipositor and gall 1 by zosterops

10 15

And then along came a parasitoid wasp...(Monodontomerinae) parasitizing stick insect eggs (Trachythorax sp.) by Paul

16 2

Mike Beauregard says: Adult wasp emerging from parasitized stink bug egg.

d2731-1 by U.S. Department of Agriculture

8 1

Mike Beauregard says: so easily overlooked

Wasp on a yellow flag by Steve Balcombe

69 23

Cretaceous New Jersey amber (90-94 MYO) - extremely rare extinct, parasitoid wasp family Serphitidae - 2 mm by Anders Damgaard

3 2

Mike Beauregard says: macro of prior (2 mm) wasp species

Cretaceous New Jersey amber (90-94 MYO) - extremely rare extinct, parasitoid wasp family Serphitidae - 2 mm by Anders Damgaard

2 6

Mike Beauregard says: ant parasitoid

Eucharitidae. Rare visitor by Miron Karlinsky

74 61

Mike Beauregard says: giant wasp that parasitizes Atlas beetle grubs

Megascolia procer by Pedro Bernardo

1

Mike Beauregard says: deadly tarantula hawk and her paralyzed fearsome prey

wasp by lc_cnhunter

7 5

Wasp and pupa by Jenny Thynne

10 6

Mike Beauregard says: parasitoid wasp cocoon and remains of caterpillar host

Ichneumonidae: Campopleginae Cocoon by Bonnie Ott

9 11

Mike Beauregard says: 4 mm

ALLeyes - Tiny parasitoid Wasp by Vipin Baliga

29 8

Mike Beauregard says: 6 mm

Tiny wasp by Jenny Thynne

12 8

Mike Beauregard says: outclassed parasitoid wasp in dog-eat-dog world

Robber Fly (Callinicus pictitarsis) with prey by Jeff Gruber

166 18

Mike Beauregard says: digger wasp + larval host prey

Bembix rostrata with prey (HB173529_1400w2_t01.1_f) by Horst Beutler

23 1

Mike Beauregard says: kleptoparasite = cuckoo or jewel wasps lay their eggs in other wasp species' nests

Chrysis ignita by Eddie The Bugman

397 126

Mike Beauregard says: maybe not, this time

Red Banded Sand Wasp (Ammophila sabulosa) & Cuckoo Wasp female (Hedychrum nobile) **in situ**, France 2019 by Frank Deschandol

185 36

Mike Beauregard says: the prowess of a highly evolved predator

Ichneumon Wasp, Cryptinae? by Andreas Kay

33 10

Mike Beauregard says: chalcid wasp

P9300263 Eupelmidae wasp laying eggs by melvyn yeo

22 3

Beewolf burial by Dom Greves

8 7

Mike Beauregard says: beewolf wasp and honeybee prey

14.jpg by Simon Jenkins

7

Braconid wasp. by David Ball

97 2

Nothing here yet.

Comments