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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Braconid and Ichneumonid Wasps (Ichneumonoidea) » Braconid Wasps (Braconidae) » Microgastrinae
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Parasitic wasps on mallow. / wasps
Copyright © 2016 Robert Gorman

Parasitic wasps on mallow. / wasps
san clemente, orange County, California, USA
June 9, 2016
this hatched from the all white cocoon could it be the mate of the first wasp? Cocoons are quite different and this wasp is just a little smaller than the first

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Contributed by Robert Gorman on 17 June, 2016 - 2:03pm
Last updated 29 July, 2017 - 4:23pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request. Please change title of each image to remove reference to the moth. I've unlinked the two individuals as only images of the same individual should be linked. In this case, they aren't even the same species. I've also cropped your other wasp and recommend you do the same with these images. You may want to place a thumbnail here and on your first imahe of the other wasp cross linking them. If you're unsure of how to do this I can do it for you. Also, please select "adult" and "male" for these images (and "immature" for the pupa).
… Aaron Hunt, 17 June, 2016 - 2:38pm login or register to post comments

 
so both wasps are males? Than
so both wasps are males? Thanks for all your help so if i go into edit i can rename the wasps so there not shown in moths area?
… Robert Gorman, 17 June, 2016 - 5:54pm login or register to post comments

photo
Ok will try for a better photo, sorry it was so bad it kept jumping around.
… Robert Gorman, 17 June, 2016 - 2:36pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you...
Thanks for the additional images which confirms this subfamily. In the future, when you are imaging live parasitic wasps, you might want to consider placing them in a plastic container, and then freezing them for about two minutes - this helps slow down their metabolism temporarily, so you can take a few photos. They are not harmed during this process, and will recover quickly.
… Ross Hill, 17 June, 2016 - 5:48pm login or register to post comments

 
Ok thanks so much i will do t
Ok thanks so much i will do that in the future
… Robert Gorman, 17 June, 2016 - 5:51pm login or register to post comments

Microgastrinae…
This may be a braconid wasp that emerged from your white cocoon. This may have independently attacked the same caterpillar larva. A closer view might help to confirm this.

See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 17 June, 2016 - 2:17pm login or register to post comments

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