Just a report of a possible hyperparisitism case, where leaf miner moth caterpillars or pupas were parasitized by this first wasp who then got parasitized by another wasp.
I've collected some leaves on several occasions that had pupa or even larva from a moth that makes mines on Schinus terebinthifolia and stored them on a plastic pot hoping to catch their adult forms.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/163381013
Upon inspecting the pot (which contained all the leaves) I've noticed a tiny wasp walking around, which I thought was parasitizing one of the moths. So far so good, these are common findings.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/175929969
Later, though, I noticed that there was a second wasp inside the pot under the leaves, it was dead and it had a hole in the abdomen. I think it is possible that the wasp mentioned below hatched from this dead wasp, which emerged from the pupas of the moth.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/175928102
Some extra pics:
Dried leftover bits of the moth caterpillar
more to add
Some reading material:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperparasite
https://www.science.org/content/article/how-one-parasitic-wasp-becomes-victim-another-parasitic-wasp
This will probably parasitizing the larva/pupa of some moth leaf miner of this type https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/163381013
It was then parasitized (not the hole in the abdomen) by another wasp I'm about to post. I'll cover all that in a journal post I guess.
https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/fmiudo/82600-parasite-inception
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This wasp came out of another wasp that came out of a moth larva or pupa that was a miner of some plant.
the other wasp it emerged from
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/175928102
https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/fmiudo/82600-parasite-inception
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