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Aphidiid Wasp - female
Copyright © 2007 Stephen Luk

Aphidiid Wasp - Female
Richmond Hill, York Region, Ontario, Canada
July 8, 2007
Size: ~ 1.5 mm
Another Aphid predator, the Aphidiid Wasp. Tricky little fellows, as one will see in the following photographs in this series.

The drama unfolds as a tiny Aphidiid Wasp lands on the succulent leaf of a Sedum...

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Contributed by Stephen Luk on 12 July, 2007 - 5:56pm

Impressed!
What a wonderful series of shots. Wish you had a little optical fiber camera to manouver in close for the actual laying.
… osmia, 13 July, 2007 - 9:21am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
It would indeed be great if I had one of those probes. I did have an image of the ovipositing ... but it's more of a blurry silhouette of the female with her abdomen stretched forwards, exactly like in the other images on the page.
… Stephen Luk, 13 July, 2007 - 11:21am login or register to post comments

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