Albert Cardona<p>Ichneumonid wasp ovipositing inside an aphid.</p><p>Low-light conditions, a bit blurred. Was fascinating to see, as it iterated over multiple target apids and stabbed them all. Aphids didn't even attempt to run. Interestingly, only chose small aphids, even a very small one (seen in this photo at the lower left, near the posterior tip of the wing of the wasp).</p><p><a href="https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/221688390" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">inaturalist.org/observations/2</span><span class="invisible">21688390</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Hymenoptera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hymenoptera</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/apids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>apids</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/wasplove" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wasplove</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/engomology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>engomology</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insects</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/parasitoids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>parasitoids</span></a></p>