A wasp on predatory bug eggs

sorry - just read the full spotting again

I've actually been very unclear about which of the two species is the subject of this spotting and it has changed from one to the other.

I notice you have put John's wasp ID on these hemipteran eggs. I think he meant the small wasp to the right.

A similar cluster of eggs are bothered by the same type of predatory wasp hare http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/489...

That's fascinating Sckel. There is no free lunch in ecology =)

Amazing. I photographed a bug feeding on wasp eggs

Thanks for another ID John La Salle

The wasp is a Scelionidae
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scelionidae...
All are parasitoids in the eggs of other insects.

Thank you Hemma

Absolutely perfect for Valentine's day!!

I can find no reference to the american Podisus in Australia and assume these eggs come from the similar Australian species Oechalia schellenbergii or Cermatulus nasalis. Both are from the Subfamily Asopinae.

Awesome spotting...

thank you rat.tumor

awesome pic

Thanks tibiprada and Smith'sZoo.

Great find!

Awesome species.

Yes Ashish. There's lot yet to learn about our tiny parasitic wasps

Lovely Macro work... Martin... surely a lesson for everyone...

Here is a closely matching image of a cutious wasp
http://www.flickr.com/photos/zosterops/5...

Thanks Forest Dragon.
I suspect the wasp to be a braconid wasp (Parasitoid)

How very interesting! This is the first time I have seen eggs like that. They remind me of some of the glass beads I work with.

Thanks jeanette.
Yes Sergio, each spotting is a frozen moment in the life cycles of these creatures and insects usually have several very different stages to study.

Great spotting :)

I think that is the next step in my learning process, to breed some bugs and caterpillars.