Tiny wasp ovipositing

Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins
edited July 31, 2013 in Holy Macro
Watched one of these tiny wasps (about 1.3mm body length ) walking around in the centre of a marguerite flower, smelling with it's antennae. Three times it seemed to find something and up-ended itself into the flower. I can only assume it was ovipositing into eggs or larvae it had located.

Brian V.

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