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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » parasitic Apocrita » Chalcid Wasps (Chalcidoidea) » Encyrtids (Encyrtidae)
Photo#186629
Wasp ID
Copyright © 2008 Scott Justis

Wasp ID
Norfolk, Virginia, USA
May 31, 2008
Size: ~3.5mm

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Contributed by Scott Justis on 31 May, 2008 - 8:31pm
Last updated 1 June, 2008 - 8:39am

I just caught
a very similar encyrtid in Raleigh, same colors and odd erect tuft of setae on the scutellum. it was inside a building running around on a book i was reading. I hope this gets a genus ID eventually.
… Keith Bayless, 13 May, 2009 - 10:22pm login or register to post comments

ID
Maybe Encyrtidae?
… Andy Calderwood, 31 May, 2008 - 11:41pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes - Encyrtidae.
You are correct - I was noticing in particular a spur (only) on the middle leg which seems to be a characteristic of this family. More great chalcid pics I have to say, Preston.

Looks very similar to this one in the index:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/66249
… Ross Hill, 1 June, 2008 - 1:38am login or register to post comments

 
The large apical spur...
on middle tibiae is a jumping device. Not only Encyrtidae, but related families too (Eupelmidae, Aphelinidae, Thysanidae) have it.
I agree this is almost certainly the same species as the one posted by Tom Murray last year.
… Richard Vernier, 1 June, 2008 - 6:07am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Everyone...
for the ID and image compliment.
… Scott Justis, 1 June, 2008 - 8:43am login or register to post comments

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