Thank you for your patience while we retrieve your images.
Taken 14-Sep-17
Visitors 9


44 of 224 photos
Thumbnails
Info
Categories & Keywords

Category:
Subcategory:
Subcategory Detail:
Keywords:
Photo Info

Dimensions2568 x 1608
Original file size1.22 MB
Image typeJPEG
Color spacesRGB
Date taken14-Sep-17 23:11
Shooting Conditions

Camera makeCanon
Camera modelCanon EOS 7D Mark II
FlashNot fired, compulsory mode
Exposure modeAuto
Exposure prog.Aperture priority
ISO speedISO 1600
Metering modeCenter-weighted average
Emerald Cockroach Wasp (Ampulex compressa) with prey.....

Emerald Cockroach Wasp (Ampulex compressa) with prey.....

....this wasp has the most remarkable lifestyle. It stings a cockroach to temporarily immobilise it, then stings it again to knock out the escape reflex. The wasp guides the cockroach to a burrow by pulling on an antenna, lays an egg on the beetle and then seals it in. The larva hatches and then enters the beetle and consumes its internal organs in an order which enables the beetle to live as long as possible. After pupation, the young wasp exits the burrow, leaving the cockroach to finish dying. Astonishing !