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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » parasitic Apocrita » Platygastroidea » Platygastridae
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tiny wasp
Copyright © 2008 Gary McDonald

tiny wasp
Aromas, San Benito County, California, USA
February 15, 2008
Size: ~2mm
Another tiny wasp on the lip of a flower pot in our garden. (live oak/chaparral habitat).

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Contributed by Gary McDonald on 15 February, 2008 - 6:56pm
Last updated 5 March, 2008 - 4:52pm

Platygasteridae
I believe.
… Donald S. Chandler, 15 February, 2008 - 8:32pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you Dr. Chandler
for the family ID. After your ID, I looked at the family info on http://bugguide.net/node/view/36236, which mentions the head being bend somewhat downward, & indeed this individual had the head bent downward on the first photos I took, but gradually moved it upward as I took several photos. I've added the first photo, showing the head bent downward.
… Gary McDonald, 15 February, 2008 - 11:29pm login or register to post comments

 
Found one just like it
I live in the San Diego area. My wife found a wasp exactly like yours that was caught in a drop of water. We observed it under a 2.5x Zeiss stereo microscope but it dried up and flew off before I could get a picture of it.

It was less than a millimeter long. About the same length as a garlic mustard seed, which I just happen to have harvested recently.

As it was cleaning its wings we observed a very shiny black abdomen with no apparent segments. It came to a slight point at the end. The body, head, and wings were EXACTLY like yours.

I don't believe it was the same one as the Platygastridae you point to in the link http://bugguide.net/node/view/36236.
… David Heiser, 22 July, 2008 - 4:03pm login or register to post comments

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