Quite often I come across the sad remains of a caterpillar over a row of cocoons. I assume they are the parasites that grew up inside the caterpillar now pupating into whatever their adult forms are. On this occaision I found a tiny wasp laying her eggs inside the cocoons which makes her a hyperparasite and maybe a fan of caterpillars. Oxley Creek, QLD.
Wasp (right) is busy laying eggs in the flower head of a cobbler's peg (Bidens sp.) flower head when thrips shows up. Oxley Creek, QLD.
How do you clean an ovipositor twice the length of your body? With great difficulty, especially when your body is only 1-2mm long! Bunya Mountains, QLD.
