Yet again the mud nest of a Pison wasps yields up a surprise. Melittobia australica (Eulophidae) displays simple forms of social insect traits, including sib-mating and cooperative behaviours.

Curiosity about the identity of flies that parasitise a caterpillar leads me to better understanding of dipteran microanatomy

The strange looking foliage that has appeared on our eucalypt trees since the fire houses a wealth of creatures - an ecosystem in its own right.

Rearing caterpillars to discover which moth species they belong to can bring surprises!

Butterfly eggs aren’t the only target for wasp parasites - Lacewings can suffer the same fate

An ingenious mode of parasitism employed by a tiny wasp - lay your egg inside someone else's egg!

I look at one of the major contributors to energy flow in our forest ecosystem