Peculiar parasitoid wasp found on rare sawfly developing in ferns
Monday, March 25, 2013 - 14:00
in Paleontology & Archaeology
An Austrian amateur entomologist discovered a peculiar parasitoid wasp living on a rare sawfly, living inside ferns. It is the first time ever that the parasitoid is reared. The female parasitoid has the unusual ability to extend and modify the shape of its metasoma, or rear body, during its first day of appearance from the gall.