Yet another small, colourful wasp that we can’t yet put a name to. Almost certainly an ichneumond, but that is a very large group!

Metopius. A parasitoid of caterpillars, particularly those that live in rolled leaves. She has no sting – but her shape and colour might fool predators into mistaking her for a stinging paper wasp.

Yet another unidentified ichneumonid, and definitely a parasite of moth caterpillars. I watched on as she repeatedly explored the case hanging in the shade of the leaves. She injected her long ovipositor into the case, several times, in several places.