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parasitic Apocrita

Ceraphronids and Megaspilids · Chalcid Wasps · Cynipoidea · Aulacids, Ensigns, and Gasteruptiids · Braconids and Ichneumons

Superfamily Ceraphronoidea - Ceraphronids and Megaspilids
Tiny Parasitic Wasp - Conostigmus - female Tiny Parasitic Wasp - Conostigmus - female tiny wingless wasp - Ceraphron - female tiny wingless wasp - Ceraphron - female Wasp unknown wasp - male Ceraphronoidea: Megaspilidae: Lagydoninae Ceraphronoidea: Megaspilidae: Lagydoninae

Superfamily Chalcidoidea - Chalcid Wasps
Small Wasp with Chalcid wasp Chalcid wasp - Conura igneoides Wasp ID Phasgonophora sulcata - female Goldenrod gall parasitoid fauna - male Caterpillar with nodules on it - Euplectrus Chalcid wasp

Superfamily Cynipoidea
Red Cone Gall Wasp - Andricus kingii Wasp galls which gall is this? - Andricus quercuscalifornicus Gall - Cynipid Wasp - Andricus gigas - Andricus gigas - female What is this? Plate Gall Wasp - Liodora pattersonae Another pin oak gall - Callirhytis favosa Fuzzy Oak Gall - Andricus quercusflocci

Superfamily Evanioidea - Aulacids, Ensigns, and Gasteruptiids
Wasp Aulacus sp. - Pristaulacus melleus - female Very thin wasp - Gasteruption Very tiny parasitic (?) wasp - Gasteruption Another Ichneomon? - Pristaulacus fasciatus Evaniidae - Ensign Wasp - Evania appendigaster Ichneumon - Pristaulacus - female 8014963 - Pristaulacus - female

Superfamily Ichneumonoidea - Braconids and Ichneumons
large ichneumon - female Unknown Ichneumonidae... - Exenterus Braconid wasp? Unknown: Wasp ? brachonid ? - Macrocentrus - female Ichneumon species - would like genus or species if possible... - female Phobocampe unicincta - female


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