![parasitoid wasp laying eggs inside oothecae of a praying mantis.](http://static.sciencelearn.org.nz/images/images/000/003/934/full/WASP_ART_02_ovipositor_Torymidae.jpeg.JPG?1674172510)
A tiny parasitoid wasp lays its eggs inside the oothecae (egg case) of a New Zealand praying mantis (Orthodera novaezealandiae). The metallic colour and long hind legs on this wasp are characteristic of the family it belongs to, the Torymidae.
Sourced from iNaturalist NZ.