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Bad news for the ants…

…the ant parasitoids are reproducing:

Ant-parasite wasps (Eucharitidae) mating

Sorry for the slow blogging of late. I’ve been sick with some godawful virus for the last week and a half and haven’t had the energy to keep up an ambitious blog schedule.


photo details:
Canon MP-E 65mm 1-5x macro lens on a Canon EOS 7D
ISO 100, f/13, 1/250sec, diffuse twin flash

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5 Comments

  1. ABM says:

    Get well SOON! Not just for us but for yourself.

  2. [...] …os parasitóides de formigas estão reproduzindo: Obs: a foto e o texto são de Alex Wild [...]

  3. Andrew says:

    Yes, get well soon…Been totally bored at work without any myrmecos updates!

  4. Jack Jumper says:

    Alex

    Did you catch Cat flu You poor bugger.

  5. James.C. Trager says:

    Hope you’re on the upswing now, at last. But really, I didn’t think you slowed down much.

    What is the story of this picture. Are eucharitids sometimes parthenogenic?

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