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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Chalcidoid Wasps (Chalcidoidea) » Megastigmidae » Megastigmus
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Torymid Wasp - Megastigmus - female
Copyright © 2007 Cheryl Moorehead

Torymid Wasp - Megastigmus - Female
Seattle, King County, Washington, USA
June 19, 2007
Size: 3mm excl. ovipositor
I apologize for the quality, though it's shape is pretty distinctive. I think it's some sort of ga*ll wasp. Found on rose that is intertwined with Cherry and False Hedge Bindweed, Calystegia sepium.
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Contributed by Cheryl Moorehead on 19 June, 2007 - 8:05pm
Last updated 21 June, 2009 - 9:18am

Moved
Moved from Torymidae.
… Charley Eiseman, 21 June, 2009 - 9:18am login or register to post comments

Torymid Wasp (Torymidae)
Ironically, several of these Chalcids are parasitoid of true Gall Wasps. The host of this one is a gall-making insect anyway. The long ovipositor is "designed" to lay eggs through plant galls. That's not to say I'm an "intelligent design" believer!
… Richard Vernier, 19 June, 2007 - 9:48pm login or register to post comments

 
Megastigmus
Species in this genus are not parasites of insects, but develop in seeds. So this ovipositor is "designed" to lay eggs through rose hips.
… Charley Eiseman, 21 June, 2009 - 9:19am login or register to post comments

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