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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » parasitic Apocrita » Chalcid Wasps (Chalcidoidea) » Encyrtids (Encyrtidae)
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pale-eyed fly
Copyright © 2007 Jim McClarin

pale-eyed fly
Nashua, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
August 25, 2007
Size: about 3 mm
neat pale-banded antennae

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Contributed by Jim McClarin on 31 August, 2007 - 7:58pm
Last updated 13 December, 2007 - 4:21am

Moved
Moved from Chalcid Wasps.
… Jim McClarin, 13 December, 2007 - 4:21am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… Jim McClarin, 1 September, 2007 - 3:14pm login or register to post comments

not a fly
a wasp. one can tell by the elbowed antennae and bizarre, nearly absent venation. it's some kind of chalcidoid.
… Keith Bayless, 1 September, 2007 - 12:25pm login or register to post comments

 
That's why it looked so odd.
Well, I don't mind telling you that it looks even odder (to me) for a wasp :-) Thanks, Keith.
… Jim McClarin, 1 September, 2007 - 3:12pm login or register to post comments

 
I would suggest that it is in
I would suggest that it is in Encyrtidae. These are tiny little wasps that parasitize insect eggs.
… Dennis Haines, 12 December, 2007 - 9:00pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Dennis.
I dug up some images online and did find some similar-looking chalcidoids so I quess I'll place it there.
… Jim McClarin, 13 December, 2007 - 4:20am login or register to post comments

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