The Little Tortoiseshell and its Enemies - a Parasite of the Braconidae family
|
Within the
cotton fluff the larvae make their own individual cocoon and turn into
a pupa. Finally, the grown-up Braconids hatch. Then another Braconid generation mates and looks for its victims to lay eggs in them and to start their life cycle again. Small: hatched Braconid
|
Butterfly | Eggs | Caterpillar | |
Chrysalis | Hatching | The Host | |
A Parasite | A Hyper-parasite, male | A Hyper-parasite, female |
Photograph by José Verkest, Text by Maria Pfeifer |