Large cabbage white butterfly caterpillar infested by ichneumon wasp larvae. A larva emerging from its host´s body.
Some species of ichneumon wasps inject their eggs inside a host, commonly a caterpillar of a butterfly. The eggs will hatch inside the body and the resulting larvae will devour its host before emergence for pupation.
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Photo credit: © Marcos Veiga / Alamy / Afripics
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