4.4. A female thynnine wasp of Zaspilothynnus trilobatus (Hymenoptera: Tiphiidae) (on the right) compared with the flower of the sexually deceptive orchid Drakaea glyptodon, which attracts pollinating male wasps by mimicking the female wasp.


A female thynnine wasp of Zaspilothynnus trilobatus (Hymenoptera: Tiphiidae) (on the right) compared with the flower of the sexually deceptive orchid Drakaea glyptodon, which attracts pollinating male wasps by mimicking the female wasp.


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An adult stonefly, Neoperla edmundsi (Plecoptera: Perlidae), from Brunei, Borneo.
An adult stonefly, Neoperla edmundsi (Plecoptera: Perlidae), from Brunei, Borneo.
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A male thynnine wasp of Neozeloboria cryptoides (Hymenoptera: Tiphiidae) attempting to copulate with the sexually deceptive orchid Chiloglottis trapeziformis.
A male thynnine wasp of Neozeloboria cryptoides (Hymenoptera: Tiphiidae) attempting to copulate with the sexually deceptive orchid Chiloglottis trapeziformis.

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