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a wasp on back of the beetle

Description:

.. is the small creature (wasps/fly?) on the ladybug's back is the parasite for the ladybug?

1 Species ID Suggestions

Tortoise beetle
(Cassidinae)


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9 Comments

MediyansyahTaharani
MediyansyahTaharani 12 years ago

Ya Alice, I'm also sorry for the beautiful beetle, but that's already written on the "book of nature" :))

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 12 years ago

I feel sorry for the beautiful beetle, but you have told the story very well.

MediyansyahTaharani
MediyansyahTaharani 12 years ago

thanks, so I can learn a lot about the mikroparasit wasp

Juan DiTrani
Juan DiTrani 12 years ago

MediyansyahTaharani, here you can see another microparasitic wasp
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/647...

wonju.brian
wonju.brian 12 years ago

Great shot!

Juan DiTrani
Juan DiTrani 12 years ago

they tipically look for a "weak" place on the tegument (skin) and then they lay their eggs through the skin

The MnMs
The MnMs 12 years ago

This is very interesting. What does the wasp exactly do? set her eggs in the host or just live on its back?

MediyansyahTaharani
MediyansyahTaharani 12 years ago

thanks JuanDiTrani.

Juan DiTrani
Juan DiTrani 12 years ago

The small insect is a microparasitic wasp

Malang, Jawa Timur, Indonesia

Spotted on Jun 16, 2011
Submitted on Jun 16, 2011

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