On 8/9/2020 10:14 AM, Dean Hansen via olympus wrote:
Moose posted two photos of what I recognized as a fairly common Ichneumon
wasp; here's one: <
http://galleries.moosemystic.net/MooseFoto/index.php?gallery=Travel/NorthEast_2012/White_Mountains&image=_9110653cr.jpg>
Years back I photographed, with a Super 8 movie camera, a female wasp of
this species using that long "stinger" to penetrate a tree trunk and lay an
egg on some hapless beetle larva inside. A quick Google search led to a
nice video of such an egg-laying process of a related wasp: see <
https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=KxHckvpbopQ>.
Way Kewl!
Thanks for the link, Dean. I knew what the "stinger"/ovipositor did, in words,
but seeing it is amazing!
Ouch Moose
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