Posted by LordV on 19-07-2006 09:35
#5
Tony Irwin wrote:
I note that the picture with the ant shows that the braconid is not actually ovipositing. Is it possible that the pose makes the braconid look more like an alate aphid than it would otherwise? Simple, unsophisticated behavioural mimicry?
Or should I have got to bed earlier last night?;)
Tony- you may be right but I did notice in some other pics that the wasp seemed to get into ovipositing position and then backed into the aphid victim.
Brian V.