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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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small wasp
Copyright © 2007 tom murray

small wasp
Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
September 22, 2007
Size: 1.5-2mm
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Contributed by tom murray on 24 September, 2007 - 8:40pm
Last updated 19 May, 2009 - 3:38pm

Moved
Moved from Aphelinidae.

I decided to move this image as there were two votes submitted for Encyrtidae.
… Harsi S. Parker, 19 May, 2009 - 3:38pm login or register to post comments

Encyrtidae
Would also be my idea for this one!
greetings
… Gerard Pennards, 19 May, 2009 - 3:14pm login or register to post comments

Thanks Richard
This little wasp did jump like a flea.
… tom murray, 25 September, 2007 - 5:29am login or register to post comments

Aphelinid Wasp (Aphelinidae)
A small family related to Encyrtidae, sharing their stout outline and the big apical spur on tibia II (a jumping device). Forewing venation is distinctive.
… Richard Vernier, 25 September, 2007 - 2:39am login or register to post comments

 
Richard,
Lucian Fusu just made a comment here saying he thinks this is Encyrtidae.
… tom murray, 27 September, 2008 - 11:03pm login or register to post comments

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