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Actual size 5mm, Lancashire, UK Canon EOS 300D and MP-E 65mm, f/16, 1/200 with fill in flash
The long ovipositor can clearly be seen (the 'stinger' at the end of
the abdomen). This family does not sting, but uses the ovipositor to inject
eggs directly into a host (such as an insect grub) which the wasp lava
then eats from the inside out.
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