Pigeon horntail Tremex columba (Siricidae). 

Urbana, Illinois, USA
An Orasema ant-parasite wasp (Eucharitidae) lays an egg in a Heliconius leaf. The young hatchling will attempt to hitchhike on a passing ant into the nest, where it will prey on developing larvae.

Ibagué, Tolima, Colombia
An Orasema ant-parasite wasp (Eucharitidae) lays an egg in a Heliconius leaf. The young hatchling will attempt to hitchhike on a passing ant into the nest, where it will prey on developing larvae.

Ibagué, Tolima, Colombia
Lytopylus (Braconidae: Agathidinae) wasp ovipositing into a sunflower. These insects are parasites of seed-feeding moths.

Lake Forest, Illinois, USA
Pigeon horntail Tremex columba (Siricidae).

Urbana, Illinois, USA
Pigeon horntail Tremex columba (Siricidae). 

Urbana, Illinois, USA
Pigeon horntail Tremex columba (Siricidae).

Urbana, Illinois, USA
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