Gold and Green

Paul Iddon

Spotted this quick moving parasitic/ichneumon wasp in the shrubbery this morning. Barely 6mm in size including the ovipositor you can maybe appreciate how awkward this blighter was to capture, using only manual focus on the Venus lens...

Torymus bedeguaris is the likeliest species.








Paul.

e6filmuser

Paul,

Excellent images.

It certainly looks like that species but there are 75 British species.

Harold

Paul Iddon

e6filmuser wrote: »

Paul,

Excellent images.

It certainly looks like that species but there are 75 British species.

Harold

Thanks Harold - ID'ing bugs is often far too complicated!

Paul.

Stumblebum

Awesome!

Lord Vetinari

Excellent captures Paul. A beautiful chalcid wasp.
Brian v.

Paul Iddon

Cheers Brian - it took some time to get these so clearly worth the effort.

Paul.