Parasitic Wasps
 
                 
 
 
 
 
 

 

Case Moth Larvae Parasite Wasp - ? Metopius sp.

Family ICHNEUMONIDAE

This page contains pictures and information about Case Moth Larvae Parasite Wasps that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.

Body length  20mm                                                                              
 
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In early spring we found this Ichneumon Wasp attacking a case moth caterpillar on a Acacia tree. Although the caterpillar was protected by its case bag, it seemed it was useless to prevent the attack from the wasp. We saw the caterpillar head come out a few times try to get rid of the wasp but no use either. The wasp kept on punching her long ovipositor into the case bag for over half an hour.
 
 

Reference and Link:
1. Insects of Australia, CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University Press, 2nd Edition 1991, pp 945.
2. An introduction to the Ichneumonidae of Australia - Gauld, I.D. 1984, British Museum, p353.

 
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