Green eggs and maybe a Scelionidae wasp ???

Moved

… Charley Eiseman, 30 October, 2009 - 3:49pm

Moved

… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 11 January, 2009 - 12:54am

A clue

"Changes in coloration of [Scelionid-] parasitized host eggs are distinct and contrast with changes by healthy eggs. Within 5-6 days after parasitization, eggs of most species become gray or grayish-brown, and in a few cases black. Eggs parasitized by Scelionidae are usually distinguished from those containing Trichogrammatidae by this means, the latter generally becoming black."

From this cached page at UC Riverside which doesn't exist anymore for some reason.

In my opinion (which is of very limited value in wasp ID), this wasp does not seem to have a head as flat as that of a trichogrammatid. I just read on the same web page that scelionids are extremely variable in shape, depending on the type of egg they parasitize.

… Charley Eiseman, 11 January, 2009 - 12:52am

Sounds like a winner, moving

Sounds like a winner, moving to family page. Excellent detective work!

… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 11 January, 2009 - 12:55am

Thanks guys

I still have my fingers crossed for Telenomus!
http://www.neartica.com/nomina/wasps/wasps-z.htm#anchor231108

… John R. Maxwell, 11 January, 2009 - 8:39am

Okay...

I don't usually venture out with wasp ID's. Certainly not parasitic wasps, but I have one suggestion. Trichogrammatidae parasitize eggs, and this compact body and what look like really rounded wings reminds me of the photos in the guide.

… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 14 December, 2007 - 7:10pm

I'm also considering

Telenomus podisi Ashmead 1893 (Telenomus) "a generalist stink bug parasitoid".
http://creatures.ifas.ufl.edu/veg/bean/BMSB_parasitoid.htm

… John R. Maxwell, 20 August, 2008 - 8:20am