Need ID verification - chalcid - Phasgonophora sulcata

Native predator of the Emerald Ash Borer

Usually I stick to Psocoptera but I wanted to add to your great wasp shots. My really work involves predators of the Emerald Ash Borer (Agrilus planipennis; Family Buprestidae). Your wasp will become quite important in the next few years because it is a known parasitoid of the destructive Emerald Ash Borer which has become a serious pest in the Great Lakes region and south (good luck finding a live ash in south eastern Michigan). The USDA has imported some parasitoid wasps from china and are testing them in Michigan at the moment but your little wasp is native and already hard at work preying on the introduced pest. So next time you hear that there are no native predators of the Emerald Ash Borer you can say "...that not exactly true."

… Philip Careless, 10 January, 2008 - 3:30pm

Thanks.

Thanks for the confirmation and info Philip. I did not notice your comment until just now. I must have unsubscribed.

Sorry to say, looks like presence of EAB was verified for Wisconsin within the last week. Sick'em Phasgonophora sulcata.

… Jeff Gruber, 5 August, 2008 - 1:38pm

Moved

Moved from Chalcid Wasps.

… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 13 December, 2007 - 7:32pm

Thanks.

Thanks for moving this to its correct spot Will. I did not notice you had done so until just now. I must have unsubscribed.

… Jeff Gruber, 5 August, 2008 - 1:40pm

I would agree with Phasgonoph

I would agree with Phasgonophora sulcata.

… Dennis Haines, 13 December, 2007 - 5:20pm

Thanks

Thanks for the confirmation Dennis. I did not notice your comment until just now. I must have unsubscribed.

… Jeff Gruber, 5 August, 2008 - 1:39pm