Large Parasite, Pt. 2 - TNY_1563
Flipping over a old and small plastic boat that had been upside down for a while was what made me find this Bathyphantes dwarf spider with an unwanted parasite.
This is most likely one of the Acrodactyla species of parasitic wasps which has laid an egg on the spider and the endoparasitic larva will stay on the the back of the spider and feed off of it until it is time to pupate when it will kill the host.
Part 1 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/50297981713/
Large Parasite, Pt. 2 - TNY_1563
Flipping over a old and small plastic boat that had been upside down for a while was what made me find this Bathyphantes dwarf spider with an unwanted parasite.
This is most likely one of the Acrodactyla species of parasitic wasps which has laid an egg on the spider and the endoparasitic larva will stay on the the back of the spider and feed off of it until it is time to pupate when it will kill the host.
Part 1 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/50297981713/