Photographed today.
I noticed it only later on the screen.
First pic is full frame, second and third - cropped.
This antenna is for tiny wasp as like whole garden path for me.
Model Canon EOS 7D
Date/time original 8.10.2010. 14:24:44
Shutter speed value 1/790 s
Aperture value f/5.7
ISO speed ratings ISO 250
Focal length 100 mm
Tiny wasp on butterfly's antenna?
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Tiny wasp on butterfly's antenna?
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Wonderful capture. Not seen pics of one on a butterfly antenna before but have seen them on other small bugs. With the latter there was a suspicion that the wasps were actually hitching a ride on the bug whose eggs they parasitise and were just waiting for the bug to lay it's eggs. Having said that Harold is probably correct- they are fairly weak flyers and may be just hitching a lift in most cases although I can think of more stable places than a butterfly's antenna
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Before I posted my comment, I tried to see if the wasp has fringed wings. If it has, as in Brian's recent picture in another thread, that makes it a mymarid, a parasite of lepidopteran eggs, some (slim) evidence for it being there for the purpose of waiting for eggs to be laid. That is valid only if the butterfly is a female.LordV wrote:Not seen pics of one on a butterfly antenna before but have seen them on other small bugs. With the latter there was a suspicion that the wasps were actually hitching a ride on the bug whose eggs they parasitise and were just waiting for the bug to lay it's eggs.
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Any experienced here?
Sorry, if I noticed the wasp at time, could tried to make a better picture.
On most other photographs of this tandem, the wasp is not in decent focus.
Maybe this one is good also, but not enough for wasp indentification.
So wasp knows wich one is female?
Model Canon EOS 7D
Date/time original 8.10.2010. 14:24:39
Shutter speed value 1/664 s
Aperture value f/5.7
ISO speed ratings ISO 250
Focal length 100 mm
Well, seems we have to find some gender specialist for butterflies!Harold Gough wrote:Before I posted my comment, I tried to see if the wasp has fringed wings. If it has, as in Brian's recent picture in another thread, that makes it a mymarid, a parasite of lepidopteran eggs, some (slim) evidence for it being there for the purpose of waiting for eggs to be laid. That is valid only if the butterfly is a female.LordV wrote:Not seen pics of one on a butterfly antenna before but have seen them on other small bugs. With the latter there was a suspicion that the wasps were actually hitching a ride on the bug whose eggs they parasitise and were just waiting for the bug to lay it's eggs.
Harold
Any experienced here?
Sorry, if I noticed the wasp at time, could tried to make a better picture.
On most other photographs of this tandem, the wasp is not in decent focus.
Maybe this one is good also, but not enough for wasp indentification.
So wasp knows wich one is female?
Model Canon EOS 7D
Date/time original 8.10.2010. 14:24:39
Shutter speed value 1/664 s
Aperture value f/5.7
ISO speed ratings ISO 250
Focal length 100 mm
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