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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. Animal,Animalia,Apoidea,Arthropoda,Bulgaria,Crabronidae,Europe,Geotagged,Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa,Hymenoptera,Insect,Insecta,Larra anathema,Parasitic,Pomorie wetland complex,Summer,Wetland,Wildlife Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

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.

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  1. Very interesting! Posted 3 years ago

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"Larra anathema" is a species of parasitoid wasps belonging to the family Crabronidae. It is the type species of the genus "Larra".

Species identified by Jivko Nakev
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By Jivko Nakev

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Uploaded Aug 6, 2022. Captured Aug 4, 2022 08:45 in HJ8J+7F Pomorie, Bulgaria.
  • E-M1MarkIII
  • f/5.0
  • 1/640s
  • ISO100
  • 210mm