Hopefully an interesting parasitoid will emerge from this larva aeterna.
If it is a Diadegma it will likely appear in October. Males tend to emerge in the first third of Oct whilst females emerge in the second third (before the 20th).
#Ichneumonidae
#Campopleginae #Diadegma
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An ichneumon #wasp in the subfamily #Campopleginae, turns our orchid swallowtail butterfly caterpillar into these odd phat hollow mummy cows, with busted out butts

Olesicampe fulcrans

Olesicampe fulcrans

Olesicampe fulcrans
Campopleginae = Klämbaksteklar in Swedish = Squeeze butt wasps.
More images (and text in Swedish) here:
utgangspunktnykarleby.blogspot.com/2024/02/oles...

#Invertebrate 🐙
#Hymenoptera 🦟
#Ichneumonidae
#Campopleginae
#Biodiversity