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Wasp

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This wasp was caught attacking beetle larvae.

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4 Comments

MartinL
MartinL 11 years ago

PaoloCo
Can you suggest why you think these are not beetles?
Can you suggest what else they might be?
I suspect this one
http://lifeunseen.com/index2_item_683.ph...

PaoloCo
PaoloCo 11 years ago

Those are not beetle larvae

MartinL
MartinL 11 years ago

Yes I took the wasp home for a pic. with better lighting. Late in the summer many of these larvae were noticed to be immobile and probably egg infested.

VivBraznell
VivBraznell 11 years ago

Love the shadow photos Martin! .. It's welcome to the beetle larvae

MartinL
Spotted by
MartinL

Victoria, Australia

Spotted on Feb 11, 2012
Submitted on Apr 11, 2012

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