Flightless ant-mimic Ichneumonid wasp

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Flightless ant-mimic Ichneumonid wasp with problems. Gelis sp. wasp with a missing antenna and a lot of what I assume are parasitic mites.

Taken using a 2X microscope objective on a sony A6000 body and focus stacked.

Brian V.

Mite infested flightless parasitoid wasp X2 #1 by Brian Valentine, on Flickr

Apr 06, 2022 at 01:27 AM

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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · Flightless ant-mimic Ichneumonid wasp

had to click "anti-mimic"

Apr 08, 2022 at 09:42 AM

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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · Flightless ant-mimic Ichneumonid wasp

Beautiful detail on these shots!

Apr 14, 2022 at 01:46 PM

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CW100 wrote:
had to click "anti-mimic"

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tloy4102 wrote:
Beautiful detail on these shots!

Thanks for looking and commenting - appreciated

Brian V.

Apr 14, 2022 at 11:51 PM

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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · Flightless ant-mimic Ichneumonid wasp

Brian,

Those are phoretic mites, not parasites.

Harold

Apr 16, 2022 at 04:59 AM

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e6filmuser wrote:
Brian,

Those are phoretic mites, not parasites.

Harold

Thanks for the correction Harold

Brian V.

Apr 16, 2022 at 11:56 PM


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