ichneumon fly

Another predator - perhaps not quite in the same class as the others described here, but still worth a mention - is the Ichneumon fly.

A little black ichneumon fly deposits her eggs within these larvae, and destroys many.

There are parasites like ichneumon flies, whose larvae develop inside the growing caterpillar.

I'll only mention one special pet of the NMs, the ichneumon fly.

For example, insects such as Chrysoperla carnea and the Ichneumon fly can prey on pests.

These are the larvae of parasitic insects, such as ichneumon flies, which inject their eggs into moth and butterfly caterpillars.

Tereshkin Scientific illustration in entomology Tereshkin, A. 2008: Methodology of a scientific drawings preparation in entomology on example of ichneumon flies (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae).

Less exact terms are ichneumon flies (they are not closely related to true flies), or scorpion wasps due to the extreme lengthening and curving of the abdomen (scorpions are arachnids).

Several parasitoids attack T. neesii, including the ichneumon fly Bracon obscurator, and the chalcid wasps Pteromalus leucanthemi, Pteromalus musaeus, Eurytoma robusta and Eurytoma strigifrons.

On the warmer tundra beetles, moths, butterflies, ichneumon flies, bumblebees, craneflies, blowflies and other diptera become prominent in summer, with larvae that live in fresh water, moist soil, vegetation, or in the living or dead bodies of other animals.