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Tiny wasp on syrphid fly larva - Pachyneuron?
Copyright © 2007 jerryinsocal

Tiny wasp on syrphid fly larva - Pachyneuron?
Agoura, Los Angeles County, California, USA
August 29, 2007
Size: <2mm
Number 1. I really have to apolgise for the quality of these but they do show a sequence that appears to solve the problem of the strange abdominal shape. This shot, taken at 18:53:32 is the earliest one I have, shows the wasp apparently using its ovipositor in a normal fashion.
The quality of the photo makes it difficult to be sure, but it appears that the ovipositor comes out somewhere slightly above the apex of the abdomen

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Contributed by jerryinsocal on 1 September, 2007 - 12:38pm
Last updated 6 November, 2007 - 3:25pm

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