Dive Bombing Wasp

Kingdom Animalia

Dive Bombing Wasp

Kingdom Animalia

Kollasmosoma sentum

Location: Spain

cruises at just one centimeter above the ground
attacks from the air like a tiny dive bomber and deposits an egg in the unsuspecting ant
attack lasts 0.052 seconds
larvae of the wasps feed on ant

Parasitoid wasp (Kollasmosoma sentum) ovipositing in ants (Cataglyphis ibericus)

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