A metallic green wasp with clear colourless outstretched wings, its metallic green head and brownish antennae are to the left of picture, very long ovipositor is to the right.

A beautiful 1.5mm long female Torymus nitidulus wasp of the Torymidae found in the garden birch tree. It is a parasitoid of the gall midge Oligotrophus betulae, for which that magnificent ovipositor is very useful.

#UKWildlife #wasps #Torymidae

Side view of a small metallic blue/green wasp.

Torymid wasps are just awesome.
#wasp #hymenoptera #insect #Torymidae

Side view of a metallic green to orange wasp with a black appendage at the end, the same length as the rest of her body. These are the sheaths in which the ovipositor usually rests. She currently uses it to deposit her eggs into green fruit on which she sits. The background is blurry dark green from trees and blue sky.

This beautiful metallic #chalcidoidea wasp Torymus varians is drilling her super long ovipositor into a hawthorn berry
(protective sheaths stay in place)
It's one of the species, which are actually phytophagous and her larvae will feed on seeds inside
#hymenoptera #torymidae #macro #macrophotography

#Torymidae wasps Torymus bedeguaris (female & male) and Glyphomerus stigma (male) emerged recently from galls of Diplolepis rosae collected in February #Hymenoptera #Chalcidoidea