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Ivan Kruys | all galleries >> LESVOS and ITS WILDLIFE >> Lesvos Flora and Fauna > Giant Solitary Wasp, female (Megascolia maculata).jpg
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12-MAY-2010

Giant Solitary Wasp, female (Megascolia maculata).jpg

4.5 cm long, quite common on flowers. The female paralyses large beetle larvae that she places in a burrow, lays an egg on it and the larva eats the paralysed prey alive. The male is smaller, has longer antennae and lacks the red forehead

Canon EOS 50D
1/1600s f/9.0 at 420.0mm iso400 full exif

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