Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) ➔ Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods) ➔ Class Insecta (Insects) ➔ Order Hymenoptera (Sawflies, wasps, ants, bees) ➔ Family Braconidae (Braconid wasps)

Microgastrinae sp.

  • Microgastrinae 8662
    Microgastrinae sp.     
    Microgastrinae
    DE, Chemnitz, Hilbersdorf; 2019-04-24 15:20:21
    Image number: 8662

    DE, Chemnitz, Hilbersdorf
    2019-04-24 15:20:21
  • Microgastrinae 8663
    Microgastrinae sp.     
    Microgastrinae
    DE, Chemnitz, Hilbersdorf; 2019-04-24 15:23:30
    Image number: 8663

    DE, Chemnitz, Hilbersdorf
    2019-04-24 15:23:30
  • Microgastrinae 8664
    Microgastrinae sp.     
    Microgastrinae
    DE, Chemnitz, Hilbersdorf; 2019-04-24 15:20:21
    Image number: 8664

    DE, Chemnitz, Hilbersdorf
    2019-04-24 15:20:21
  • Microgastrinae, cocoons 8665
    Microgastrinae sp.     
    Microgastrinae, cocoons
    DE, Chemnitz, Hilbersdorf; 2019-04-11 16:26:17
    Image number: 8665
    cocoons
    DE, Chemnitz, Hilbersdorf
    2019-04-11 16:26:17

Note:
Nearly 40 larvae of the species shown here have developed as endoparasites in a caterpillar of the Large Yellow Underwing (Noctua pronuba). They have left their host and pupated. After a pupal period of about 2 weeks the small wasps hatched.

References, further reading, links:
  1. C. van Achterberg: Illustrated key to the subfamilies of the Braconidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea), Zoologische Verhandlungen 283 (1993) 3-189.