A wasp that eats ladybirds

The euphorine wasp, Dinocampus coccinellae, is found throughout the world. It arrived in New Zealand during the early days of European settlement.

This wasp lays an egg in the body of an adult ladybird.
When the egg hatches, the larva grows through 4 instars while feeding on the living ladybird.
The mature larva then severs the main nerves of the ladybird's legs, and burrows its way out of the ladybird.
Next the mature larva ties the ladybird's legs together and pupates underneath.
The pupating wasp enjoys the protection provided by the ladybird's bright warning coloration as well as the deterrent properties of "reflex bleeding"; a mechanism ladybirds use to produce toxic and foul-tasting fluids from their joints to repel would-be predators.