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A parasitoid wasp (Dryinidae) that has specialised claws on her fore
legs for holding live leafhoppers (Cicadellidae) while she lays an
egg into them. The leafhopper is then released and will continue
feeding on plant sap with the wasp larvae slowly devouring the
contents of the leafhopper’s body.
Photograph ©
Vida van der Walt |
