Ichneumon wasp  (Ophion luteus)

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Glossary

  • Antennae: pair of sensory structures on the head of invertebrates.
  • Larva: stage in an animal’s lifecycle after it hatches from the egg. Larvae are typically very different in appearance to adults; they are able to feed and move around but usually are unable to reproduce.
  • Ovipositor: egg-laying organ in female insects consisting of outgrowths of the abdomen (the hind region of the body in insects). The stinging organ and poison sac of worker bees and non-reproductive female wasps is a modified ovipositor.
  • Parasitic: describes organisms that derive their food from, and live in or on, another living organism at the host’s expense.
  • Parasitoid: If a parasite kills the host it is commonly called a parasitoid.
  • Pupates: forms a pupa, the stage in an insect’s development when huge changes occur that reorganise the larval form into the adult form. In butterflies the pupa is also called a chrysalis.

References

  1. National Biodiversity Network Species Dictionary (January2004): http://www.nhm.ac.uk/nbn
  2. British Wildlife Guide (February 2004): http://www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/wildlife/insects_yellow_ophion.html
  3. Earthlife Net (February 2004): http://www.earthlife.net/insects/parasit.html
  4. Illinois Natural History Survey (February 2004): http://www.inhs.uiuc.edu/chf/outreach/good/card22.htm
  5. National Wildlife Federation- E-Nature (February 2004): http://www.enature.com/fieldguide/showSpeciesSH.asp?curGroupID=4&shapeID=1008&curPageNum=3&recnum=IS0008
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