Gasteruption jaculator

Description:

Parasitic wasps. G. jaculator head and thorax are completely black. The head is strongly rounded. The thorax is elongated in a sort of long neck, which separates the head from the body. The abdomen is also strongly stretched, broader at the posterior end and placed on the upper chest. The colour of the abdomen is black, with reddish-orange rings. The tibiae of the hind legs are club shaped. In the female the ovipositor is usually very long with a white tip. In resting position, these wasps slowly and rhythmically raise and lower the abdomen. The females of this parasitic wasp lays its eggs by its long ovipositor on the body of larvae of solitary bees or wasps. On hatching its young larvae will devour grubs and supplies of pollen and nectar of its victim