Solitary ectoparasite of wood-boring longhorn beetle larvae.

Callibracon

Remember the little wasps we discovered as they emerged from a caterpillar? That single caterpillar was host to around 30 endoparasites. When it eventually died, the wasp larvae broke out to spin silken cocoons across its back.

Cotesia wonboynensis. Length: over 3mm
[host – Anthela: ANTHELIDAE]

[full details in Paul’s 2019 blog ‘Rearing wasps … by accident’]