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Wasp
Copyright © 2007 Ray Simpson

Wasp
Dixie Plantation, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA
Size: 2mm
Contributed by Ray Simpson on 8 April, 2007 - 9:15pm
Last updated 9 April, 2007 - 2:55pm

Platygastridae
This is an egg parasitoid. It is possible that it might be a Scelionidae, but it would be an atypical Scelionid (they are sister-groups).
… Andy Boring, 9 April, 2007 - 10:31am

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