Jewel wasp sequence

Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins
edited July 13, 2016 in Holy Macro
Jewel wasp sequence. 5Dmk2/MPE-65/430Ex flash.
Brian V.

I've seen this jewel wasp - Pseudomalus auratus - several times on the leaves of an abutilon.
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I watched it for quite a while and noticed it was making excursions under the leaves and down the stem to where some aphids together with red ants were in evidence.
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It carefully avoided the ants and eventually found an aphid on top of a flower bud.
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It then went into typical stinging or egg laying pose and stung the aphid.
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It stayed in this pose for about 1 minute... and then much to my surprise started eating the aphid
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30 seconds later it had finished and decided my nearby hand was a good place to clean up
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