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10-MAY-2004 Alexander Dudley

Parasitic wasp on mantid egg case.

Katherine area, NT, Australia

Praying mantids may be amongst the most fearsome predators amongst the insect world, but even praying mantids are vulnerable
to parasitism. This tiny wasp (total length about 9 mm) is laying its eggs on the baby praying mantises within this egg case.
That long spine out the back is a tube that the eggs are laid along.

FujiFilm FinePix S2 Pro ,Nikkor 60mm f/2.8D AF Micro
1/125s f/19.0 at 59.0mm iso100, Metz 20BC6 full exif

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