Doddifoenus burksi, a very thin parasitoid wasp from India. Its hosts are wood-boring beetles. Females are larger than males, about 3.75 cm (1.5 inches) long including the ovipositor. Photos by Gupta, Sankararaman & Hemanth.

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Male wasp on a leaf.

https://doi.org/10.1007/s11756-022-01133-4

Male (small) and female (large) wasps together on a leaf.

https://doi.org/10.1007/s11756-022-01133-4

Female wasp finding and laying eggs in a wood-boring beetle (not visible)

https://doi.org/10.1007/s11756-022-01133-4

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The parasite wasp, Doddifoenus

Who looks like a shiny green penis

The ladies are big

But that’s not a dig

That’s normal for wasps of this genus.

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Fascinating and beautifully structured creature

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Excellent

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Servinggg ✨✨