Ichneumon insect (Ophion obscuratus) at Minnewanka lake, Banff National park, Alberta

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A motionless Ichneumon, a parasitic insect within the diverse Order of Hymenoptera. Diverse because it embraces sawflies, ants, bees and wasps. Most ichneumon species are 'endoparasitic', , their eggs are laid on and develop in the larvae of other insects. This species parasitises the caterpillars of certain noctuid moths (Cascade river in the Minnewanka lake area).

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Location: Banff National park, Alberta, Canada
Photo credit: © zumi / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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