These type of wasps (Ichneumonidae) are mentioned in this quote by Darwin to point out why he doesn’t believe in god. “I own that I cannot see as plainly as ot

These type of wasps (Ichneumonidae) are mentioned in this quote by Darwin to point out why he doesn’t believe in god. “I own that I cannot see as plainly as others do, and as I should wish to do, evidence of design and beneficence on all sides of us. There seems to me too much misery in the world. I cannot persuade myself that a beneficent and omnipotent God would have designedly created the Ichneumonidae with the express intention of their feeding within the living bodies of Caterpillars, or that a cat should play with mice.” Quote take from Wikipedia. There are more than 25 thousand! Ichneumonidae species.