The attached image is of a parasitic wasp in the family Perilampidae (Chalcidoidea) collected at Bradford's Pond in Franklin, NH. Typically, these wasps lay their eggs on vegetation which then hatch into small flat larvae. These larvae will only develop after being eaten by a caterpillar that is parasitized by another insect, such as a parasitoid fly. The perilampid larvae will then attack the other parasitoid- hence they are called hyperparasitoids.
Happy Halloween and be glad that you are not small,
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