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tiny wasp
Copyright © 2007 Omar Fahmy

tiny wasp
Kingston, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA
July 18, 2007
Size: 1mm
best picture i got. These guys were very fast runners and very tiny. I found their cocoons on a leaf
Contributed by Omar Fahmy on 20 November, 2007 - 9:55am
Last updated 30 October, 2009 - 3:51pm

Moved
Moved from Scelionidae.
… Charley Eiseman, 30 October, 2009 - 3:51pm

Scelionidae
This seems like a Scelionid wasp, though it could also be Platygastridae (if there is absolutely NO wing venation at all). They are sister taxa anyway and both are parasitoids of insect eggs.
… Andy Boring, 20 November, 2007 - 10:51am

 
thank you
i found it exactly the same way as here:

http://bugguide.net/node/view/115436/bgimage
… Omar Fahmy, 20 November, 2007 - 11:05am

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