Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Echthrodesis lamorali


This week's image is of Echthrodesis lamorali (Hymenoptera:Platygastridae). This parasitoid wasp is known only from the shore of the Cape Peninsula in South Africa. Here it parasitizes the eggs of a spider, Desis formidabilis (Araneae: Amaurobiidae), in the intertidal zone.

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