Pimpla rufipes, Parasitic Wasp
This parasitic ichneumon wasp preys on butterfly and moth larvae, laying an egg in the host which later forms the food supply for it's own emerging larva. Photographed by Harry Taylor.
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Photo credit: © Natural History Museum, London / Alamy / Afripics
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