Callibracon sp.
This tiny red bodied wasp is hunting. The leaves below are attached and contain the caterpillar of a moth. It stopped afrer some pacing around and placed an egg through the leaf with her ovipositor.
Suburban park eucalyptus sapling.
I have seen this wasp before (or similar) laying on hempteran gall insects. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/792... Other species have been observed up to the same tricks http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/108...
Lat: -37.79, Long: 145.02
Spotted on Sep 16, 2012
Submitted on Sep 16, 2012
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