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/PicturesNA/Photos/Misc/Ichneumonidae_spec_2020-08-18_large.jpg — This Ichneumon wasp (Ichneumonidae) hatched from a caterpillar of a Large White (Pieris brassicae), which I took into the house as a tiny caterpillar for rearing.

I had taken the newly hatched caterpillar of a Large White (Pieris brassicae) from a nasturtium standing in front of my house. The half-grown caterpillar suddenly stopped feeding and faded away. It soon died. However, the abdomen subsequently inflated in the withering body and about a week later the Ichneumon wasp (Ichneumonidae) emerged from the dead caterpillar body.

Photograph: Ingo DanielsIngo Daniels; Bonn, GermanyBonn, GermanyGermany (18. August 2020)

/PicturesNA/Flags/de.png — This Ichneumon wasp (Ichneumonidae) hatched from a caterpillar of a Large White (Pieris brassicae), which I took into the house as a tiny caterpillar for rearing.

I had taken the newly hatched caterpillar of a Large White (Pieris brassicae) from a nasturtium standing in front of my house. The half-grown caterpillar suddenly stopped feeding and faded away. It soon died. However, the abdomen subsequently inflated in the withering body and about a week later the Ichneumon wasp (Ichneumonidae) emerged from the dead caterpillar body.

Photograph: Ingo DanielsIngo Daniels; Bonn, GermanyBonn, GermanyGermany (18. August 2020)