Rotten wood wasps – Ichneumonid wasps – Gallery – Arthropoda

Crowds

Flying

Structural details

Interaction of species

Defense strategies

Insects and their prey

Spiders and their prey

Vegetarians

Parasites and hosts

Offspring

Beetle couples

Fly couples

Wasp couples

Other insect couples

Other couples

Winter

Living from rotten wood

Rotten wood beetles

Rotten wood flies

Rotten wood wasps

Tiny creatures

Rotten wood wasps – Ichneumonid wasps

This gallery shows ichneumonid wasps on rotten wood, many of them laying eggs with their long ovipositors.

Ctenopelmatinae-u-5 11.05.07-53946 — Ctenopelmatinae (5), not classified imago Kirchseeon / Egglburger See, Germany, 11/05/2007

Ichneumoninae-u-4 06.04.07-47661 — Ichneumoninae (4), not classified imago Hilpertsau / Murgtal, Germany, 06/04/2007

Ephialtes-manifestator 27.05.05-04194 — Ephialtes manifestator imago ♀ Ostelsheim, Germany, 27/05/2005

Ichneumon-stramentarius 12.11.05-09810 — Ichneumon stramentarius imago ♀(?) Kirchseeon, Germany, 12/11/2005

Rhyssa-persuasoria 27.05.05-04142 — Rhyssa persuasoria imago ♀ Ostelsheim, Germany, 27/05/2005

Rhyssa-persuasoria 27.05.05-04192 — Rhyssa persuasoria imago ♀ Ostelsheim, Germany, 27/05/2005

Rhyssa-persuasoria 27.05.05-04143 — Rhyssa persuasoria imago ♀ Ostelsheim, Germany, 27/05/2005

Rhyssa-persuasoria 09.06.06-27196 — Rhyssa persuasoria imago ♀ Weil der Stadt, Germany, 09/06/2006