.林至鴻-放大後的驚喜 (Zoom in Surprise)

粉紅色部分是猿尾藤上鸞褐弄蝶的卵，約2~3毫米。觀察時發現鸞褐弄蝶的卵旁有顆咖啡色異物，原本以為是髒東西，但用相機放大後發現是一隻更小的昆蟲，應是某種卵寄生蜂疑似正在產卵，五臟俱全的麻雀已經不是什麼稀奇的事情，連比弄蝶卵還小的昆蟲都出現在我們生活周遭。

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Measuring at 2~3mm, this pink egg resting on the leaf of the Bengal hiptage (Hiptage benghalensis) belongs to the orange-striped awl (Burara jaina formosana).  What I originally thought was brown looking dirt next to the egg turned out to be a small insect when I zoomed in on the lens. It must be some kind of parasitic wasp depositing its egg. It is nothing extraordinary, even insects that are smaller than a butterflies’ egg have come into our existence.

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