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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Chalcidoid Wasps (Chalcidoidea) » Encyrtid Wasps (Encyrtidae)
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Flying insect with shiny spot (Copidosoma sp.?)
Copyright © 2015 Sarah Christopherson

Flying insect with shiny spot (Copidosoma sp.?)
Prince George's County, Maryland, USA
October 12, 2014

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Contributed by Sarah Christopherson on 31 March, 2015 - 4:09pm
Last updated 19 February, 2018 - 3:36pm

Moved
Moved from Chalcid Wasps.
… Bob Zuparko, 19 February, 2018 - 3:36pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Chalcidid Wasps.
… John S. Ascher, 7 July, 2015 - 7:00am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Sarah Christopherson, 1 April, 2015 - 12:34pm login or register to post comments

Has a lot of similarities to this wasp
… John Rosenfeld, 31 March, 2015 - 5:42pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you, John!
:)
… Sarah Christopherson, 1 April, 2015 - 12:28pm login or register to post comments

Chalcid wasp…
Probably a female encyrtid, but difficult to confirm without more focused views. These wasps are very small.

See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 31 March, 2015 - 5:00pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
:)
… Sarah Christopherson, 1 April, 2015 - 12:29pm login or register to post comments

 
I think Ross nailed it
Definitely an encyrtid, and a decent chance it belongs to the genus Copidosoma, which are known to be parasitoids of Lepidoptera.
… Bob Zuparko, 31 March, 2015 - 7:17pm login or register to post comments

 
Gracias!
:)
… Sarah Christopherson, 1 April, 2015 - 12:29pm login or register to post comments

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