Thursday, May 5, 2016

Bee vs wasp

In October my solitary bee hotel was visited by this ichneumonid wasp, probably Ephialtes manifestator. She is laying her eggs deep inside a solitary bee chamber, where they will hatch and feed on the bee larvae.

Ephialtes was the man who betrayed the '300' Greeks to the Persians at the battle of Thermopylae. I think she is unfairly named - she has no conscience.

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