Litus cynipseus FEMALE Natural History Museum Hymenoptera Sections flickr photostream.jpg
Description:
"Litus cynipseus Haliday, 1833
Chalcidoidea, Mymaridae, Alaptinae
Non-type Female
Collected in the United Kingdom
Several Mymaridae taxa are known to parasitise aquatic insects and have been observed swimming under water to reach their hosts' eggs. Individuals of Litus cynipseus were observed by Brocher (1910) emerging from aquatic Hemiptera eggs and walking "under and against [the water surface] as on a ceiling" before using a piece of floating cork to exit the water.
Photograph by Natalie Dale-Skey
Natural History Museum UK Hymenoptera Section's Flickr photostream
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Natalie Dale-Skey / Natural History Museum Hymenoptera Section Flickr photostream © CC BY-NC-SA 2.0