Nodding Ladies Tresses - an orchid species - light up wet meadows and river banks.
And a Giant Ichneumon female spent several minutes exploring my shirt. The long thread-like tail is her ovipositor. Giant Ichneumons insert their ovipositor into wood that is infested with the grubs of Pigeon Horntails and lay their eggs. When the eggs hatch the Ichneumon larvae parasitize the Horntail larvae.
John
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| Nodding Ladies Tresses |
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| Giant Ichneumon |
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