I was lucky to be present when an ichneumon wasp had just started laying eggs (ovipositioning). As far as I have been able to find out the species must be Dolichomitus imperator, but that may be a mistake. I took a series of pictures showing how it struggled to bore the huge ovipositor down in the wood, probably hitting an unsuspecting larvae, that will serve as a meal-package for the hopefull offspring of the wasp. The ovipositor is usually protected by a sheath that is visible on some of the pictures. The series of images covers a duration of little less than 10 minutes I have made a blog entry in Danish on my Bruunshb blog telling a little bit more about the images
I was lucky to be present when an ichneumon wasp had just started laying eggs (ovipositioning). As far as I have been able to find out the species must be Dolichomitus imperator, but that may be a mistake. I took a series of pictures showing how it struggled to bore the huge ovipositor down in the wood, probably hitting an unsuspecting larvae, that will serve as a meal-package for the hopefull offspring of the wasp. The ovipositor is usually protected by a sheath that is visible on some of the pictures. The series of images covers a duration of little less than 10 minutes I have made a blog entry in Danish on my Bruunshb blog telling a little bit more about the images
I was lucky to be present when an ichneumon wasp had just started laying eggs (ovipositioning). As far as I have been able to find out the species must be Dolichomitus imperator, but that may be a mistake. I took a series of pictures showing how it struggled to bore the huge ovipositor down in the wood, probably hitting an unsuspecting larvae, that will serve as a meal-package for the hopefull offspring of the wasp. The ovipositor is usually protected by a sheath that is visible on some of the pictures. The series of images covers a duration of little less than 10 minutes I have made a blog entry in Danish on my Bruunshb blog telling a little bit more about the images
I was lucky to be present when an ichneumon wasp had just started laying eggs (ovipositioning). As far as I have been able to find out the species must be Dolichomitus imperator, but that may be a mistake. I took a series of pictures showing how it struggled to bore the huge ovipositor down in the wood, probably hitting an unsuspecting larvae, that will serve as a meal-package for the hopefull offspring of the wasp. The ovipositor is usually protected by a sheath that is visible on some of the pictures. The series of images covers a duration of little less than 10 minutes I have made a blog entry in Danish on my Bruunshb blog telling a little bit more about the images
I was lucky to be present when an ichneumon wasp had just started laying eggs (ovipositioning). As far as I have been able to find out the species must be Dolichomitus imperator, but that may be a mistake. I took a series of pictures showing how it struggled to bore the huge ovipositor down in the wood, probably hitting an unsuspecting larvae, that will serve as a meal-package for the hopefull offspring of the wasp. The ovipositor is usually protected by a sheath that is visible on some of the pictures. The series of images covers a duration of little less than 10 minutes I have made a blog entry in Danish on my Bruunshb blog telling a little bit more about the images
Longitude (deg): -1.4. Latitude (deg): 51.3. Longitude (deg/min): 1ð 30' W. Latitude (deg/min): 51ð 20' N. Vice county name: Berks. Vice county no.: 22. Country: England. Stage: Female imago. Identified by: Chris Raper. Comment: Female. Category: macro-photograph. Real world width(mm): 74.168. Photographic equipment used: Specimens directly scanned on Black Widow 9630 SP flatbed scanner.
Longitude (deg): -1.4. Latitude (deg): 51.3. Longitude (deg/min): 1ð 30' W. Latitude (deg/min): 51ð 20' N. Vice county name: Berks. Vice county no.: 22. Country: England. Stage: Female imago. Identified by: Chris Raper. Comment: Female. Category: macro-photograph. Real world width(mm): 43.18. Photographic equipment used: Specimens directly scanned on Black Widow 9630 SP flatbed scanner.