Just for fun: Fly away parasites

I couldn't look away from this.
That's the abdomen of the wasp Polistes fuscatus from which a parasite (Xenos peckii) is emerging.



Here's a picture, by photographer Sean McCann.

Credit: Sean McCann. Polistes dorsalis, carrying a few friends

I never thought I'd feel sorry for a wasp.

More on this by Christopher Buddle at SciLogs.