
Larra anathema
While photographing sea birds, I spotted this wasp on the shore of an inland salt lake near the Black Sea, the city of Pomorie, on the motionless body of mole cricket. She was apparently laying an egg on the victim's body, but I couldn't shoot her at that moment because she flew a little to the side. After about 40-50 seconds, the mole cricket (Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa), apparently paralyzed by the parasitic wasp, recovered and moved away.

"Larra anathema" is a species of parasitoid wasps belonging to the family Crabronidae. It is the type species of the genus "Larra".
Similar species: Wasps, Bees, Sawflies And Ants
By Jivko Nakev
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Uploaded Aug 6, 2022. Captured Aug 4, 2022 08:45 in HJ8J+7F Pomorie, Bulgaria.
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