Parasitic wasps
Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 1:20 pm
I was recently in my local wood photographing white letter hairstreaks when I saw this thing fly past - it was so big that my immediate impression was that it was two dragonflies 'in cop'. It dropped on to the grass near my feet just long enough to grab this shot before it flew off. I've had it identified as a giant ichneumon wasp - rhyssa peruasoria.![Image](http://upload4.postimage.org/944109/rhyssapersuasoria.jpg)
The following day, I was photographing skippers when I took shots of a strange creature which turned out to be another parasitic wasp - gasteruption jaculator.![Image](http://upload4.postimage.org/944119/gasteruptionjaculator5.jpg)
...and finally - a picture that makes me smile. 2 green shieldbugs enjoying themselves on a nettle leaf![Image](http://upload4.postimage.org/944115/shieldbugs003.jpg)
![Image](http://upload4.postimage.org/944109/rhyssapersuasoria.jpg)
The following day, I was photographing skippers when I took shots of a strange creature which turned out to be another parasitic wasp - gasteruption jaculator.
![Image](http://upload4.postimage.org/944119/gasteruptionjaculator5.jpg)
...and finally - a picture that makes me smile. 2 green shieldbugs enjoying themselves on a nettle leaf
![Image](http://upload4.postimage.org/944115/shieldbugs003.jpg)