Convergent lady beetle with wasp larva

Happy to help! It is a great spotting.

@testless: Just saw this article and am wondering if it is a wasp larva emerging from the ladybug: http://www.livescience.com/14706-ladybug-wasp-parasite-protection.html

...in action! excellent!

very interesting--great shots.

otro asombroso ejemplo de supervivencia

http://insects.about.com/od/beetles/a/10-facts-ladybugs.htm If food is scarce, ladybugs will do what they must to survive, even if it means eating each other. A hungry ladybug will make a meal of any soft-bodied sibling it encounters. Newly emerged adults or recently molted larvae are soft enough for the average ladybug to chew. Eggs or pupae also provide protein to a ladybug that has run out of aphids.