This sycamore aphid has been attacked by a parasitoid braconid wasp. Having emerged from the aphid, the wasp larva has constructed a disc-like cocoon beneath the ‘mummified’ body of the aphid. © Rupert Lees

Competition 2024 – Photography – 18 and over – Rupert Lees – (2) I believe the wasp is Dyscritulus planiceps and the aphid is Drepanosiphum platanoidis

By Rupert Lees

This sycamore aphid has been attacked by a parasitoid braconid wasp. Having emerged from the aphid, the wasp larva has constructed a disc-like cocoon beneath the 'mummified' body of the aphid.

Competition: 2024 - Photography - 18 and over

Insect order: Ants, bees, wasps and sawflies True bugs

Species: I believe the wasp is Dyscritulus planiceps and the aphid is Drepanosiphum platanoidis

Picture taken in: United Kingdom

Second image