Ichneumon Sabre Wasp - Rhyssa persuasoria

            Local Wood, Kent. UK.

I love finding and photographing Ichneumon Wasps, especially this one, the largest of the family. This is the female egg laying (see below) on a pine log pile. Had to lay on the log pile about 6ft up and it was about 6 inches into a crevis between 2 logs.

 “Ichneumons are parasites that lay their eggs in or on the larvae of other insects or spiders. The hosts of giant ichneumons are usually the larvae of horntails, or wood wasps (Orocerus gigas), and related species, as well as the larvae of longhorn beetles (Monochamus sutor). The female looks for hosts, which live within fallen timber. She may detect them through the smell of their droppings, which are then contaminated by fungi, or by sensing their vibrations within the wood. However she does it, the accuracy with which she locates them is remarkable. When she finds the right spot, she drives her slender ovipositor into the wood (which can be inches thick) by rotating the two halves backwards and forwards very rapidly. She lays one egg next to or on the host larvae. The whole process takes about 20-40 minutes. When the fly larvae hatches it feeds externally on the host. It overwinters and pupates in the spring before emerging from the wood.

Taken on: May 30, 2019

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Local Wood, Kent. UK.

Sabre Wasp - Rhyssa persuasoria

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Camera: Canon EOS 7D Mark II, f/5.0, 1/250 sec, 100mm, ISO 1000 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 7D Mark II
Lens:	EF100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM
Aperture:	f/5.0
Exposure Time:	0.004 sec (1/250)
Focal Length:	100mm
ISO:	1000
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Center-weighted average
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Elements 13.0 (Windows)
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