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Original - Cremastinae of family Ichneumonidae mating. Cremastinae are koinobiont endoparasitoids of Lepidoptera and sometimes Coleoptera larvae.
Reason
The flies are very small and maintaining a good DOF at this high level of maginification is very difficult. Good quality and lighting of a very rarely seen and photographed incident (according to the one who helped identify the subject). This picture is the first picture on wikipedia which shows the mating of these wasps.
Articles this image appears in
Ichneumonidae, Cremastinae
Creator
Muhammad

Promoted File:Ichneumonidae mating.jpg MER-C 07:12, 2 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]