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Certonotus fractinervis

A female Certonotus fractinervis wasp on white background.

A female Certonotus fractinervis, one of New Zealand’s largest native wasps. She uses her massive 3 cm long ovipositor to drill into native trees to lay eggs inside the larvae of a beetle called the elephant weevil.

Rights: Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research, CC-BY 4.0
Published:23 May 2019Size: 66.59 KB