Rescued Photo - _TNY_5576
A rather large parasitic wasp from Åva-Stensjödal in Tyresta National Park which people more knowledgable than me say most likely is one in the Dolichomitus genus (16 species in Sweden). And given the very long ovipositor, this of course is a female.
The species parasitises beetle larvae living inside trees so she locate them using those long antennae and then drill into the wood using her ovipositor and lay her egg inside the grub.
When I took this shot on an early September trip, I had the power on the flash set way to high for the situation which overexposed the shot by quite a lot. To my surprise, this was very much possible to dial down in post and the end result came out very nice.
Rescued Photo - _TNY_5576
A rather large parasitic wasp from Åva-Stensjödal in Tyresta National Park which people more knowledgable than me say most likely is one in the Dolichomitus genus (16 species in Sweden). And given the very long ovipositor, this of course is a female.
The species parasitises beetle larvae living inside trees so she locate them using those long antennae and then drill into the wood using her ovipositor and lay her egg inside the grub.
When I took this shot on an early September trip, I had the power on the flash set way to high for the situation which overexposed the shot by quite a lot. To my surprise, this was very much possible to dial down in post and the end result came out very nice.