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Trichogamma evanescens (wasp) Portrait

The wasp Trichogramma evanescense lays its eggs into the EGGS of moths (here: Sitototroga cerealella). The complete developement from the egg to the adult takes place inside this egg. Since moth eggs are quite small (ca. 0.4 mm in this case), adult trichogramma wasps belong to the smallest insects in the world (max. 0.5 mm). With only 10000 neurons, it has the smallest brain of any insect, yet this is enough to survive.

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Illumination: Coaxial and oblique

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