Baccha elongata
Fly. Tachinidae - genus Siphona
Deuterosminthurus pallipes
Deuterosminthurus pallipes
Deuterosminthurus pallipes f. repanda
Deuterosminthurus pallipes f. repanda
Psyllid sp.
Weevil
Deuterosminthurus pallipes f. repanda
Large Red Damselfly
Dungfly
Large Red Damselfly
Bourletiella hortensis
Bourletiella hortensis
Aphid
Coenagrion puella - The Azure Damselfly.
Ctenicera cuprea - A Click Beetle
Ctenicera cuprea - A Click Beetle
Small Heath Butterfly - Coenonympha pamphilus.
Small Heath Butterfly - Coenonympha pamphilus.
Small Heath Butterfly - Coenonympha pamphilus.
Burnet Moth Caterpillar
Poplar Hawk Moth.
Ladybird and Dinocampus coccinellae cocoon
Nomada Bee
Ichneumon wasp ?
Andrena sp.
Moth.
Sawfly
Common Green Shieldbug (Palomena prasina )
Earwig.
Weevil
Ladybird and Dinocampus coccinellae larva
Ladybird and Dinocampus coccinellae larva
Nomada bee.
Ichneumon wasp - Diplazontinae ( Ichneumonidae)
Holly Blue Butterfly
Weevil feining death
Weevil.
Nomada Bee
Common Green Shieldbug (Palomena prasina )
Angle Shades Moth.
Nomada Bee.
Nomada Bee.
Mating Weevils
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Ladybird and Dinocampus coccinellae cocoon


I found several more ladybirds today that had played host to larvae of the parasitic wasp Dinocampus coccinellae, here a ladybird, that is still alive, sits on the cocoon of the wasp, the larva of which fed inside the ladybird until mature. The larva spins its cocoon under the unfortunate ladybird, the ladybird providing cover and shelter for the parasites coccon until the wasp hatches and the cycle begins once again. Natural light and uncropped.
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