A trip round the lakes focussing on small creatures can transport you to another world. Gymnastics on the log pile for example! With her long appendage, this Ichneumon wasp might look a bit intimidating but her focus is not on stinging humans but something far more macabre. In the above photo her antennae are detecting possible areas in the wood that might harbour a beetle larva into which she will lay an egg.
The next position in her routine requires some astounding flexibility but all makes sense if she is going to drill a hole into the wood with such a cumbersome bit of kit.
But then the final handstand, at first looks quite incomprehensible until you realise the ovipositor is still in place laying the egg. She has just removed the protective sheath that was used to make the hole out of the way!