X-ray of Parasitic wasp in moth cocoon

This is an x-ray of a parasitic wasp in moth cocoon. This image tells the fascinating story of a wasp that grew from an egg planted into the live caterpillar (silkworm family). The wasp will hatch from the cocoon in time to mate and lay eggs in a new batch of caterpillars. The wasp larva is shown in red.

Filename

moth-liveblured.jpg

Copyright

Ted Kinsman / Science Source Inc.

Image Size

2700x3099 / 3.1MB

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