The Cutest Little Wasp - _TNY_5692
This incredibly cute - and very small (~3mm /.12") bug is an ensign wasp known as Brachygaster minutus.
I found it running around on the 3-seat garden swing in my mother-in-law's garden and managed a couple of shots of it before it jumped on top of my finger for some more photos.
When not posing or looking cute, these little guys parasitise on cockroach oothecae (ie the egg sac). In Sweden, the only such species is the dusky cockroach (Ectobius lapponicus), a species I have found in the same garden on several occasions (like here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52515695133/)
Photo taken at 3.9:1 magnification.
The Cutest Little Wasp - _TNY_5692
This incredibly cute - and very small (~3mm /.12") bug is an ensign wasp known as Brachygaster minutus.
I found it running around on the 3-seat garden swing in my mother-in-law's garden and managed a couple of shots of it before it jumped on top of my finger for some more photos.
When not posing or looking cute, these little guys parasitise on cockroach oothecae (ie the egg sac). In Sweden, the only such species is the dusky cockroach (Ectobius lapponicus), a species I have found in the same garden on several occasions (like here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52515695133/)
Photo taken at 3.9:1 magnification.