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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » parasitic Apocrita » Chalcid Wasps (Chalcidoidea) » Chalcid Wasps (Chalcididae) » Brachymeria
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unknown wasp - Brachymeria - male
Copyright © 2008 Lynn Bergen

unknown wasp - Brachymeria - Male
Baiting Hollow, Sufflok County, New York, USA
July 12, 2008
Size: small
Found on parsnip leaf.

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Contributed by Lynn Bergen on 5 October, 2008 - 1:00pm
Last updated 13 October, 2008 - 1:38pm

Chalcididae
This is a parasitic wasp, family Chalcididae, might even be the genus Brachymeria, a parasitoid of lepidoptera.
… Chris Grinter, 5 October, 2008 - 9:09pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Is there a way to narrow this down. I think I've looked at all relevant images on Bugguide and don't see this one. I don't know wings, so I was looking for something similar with the silver sheen and on the hind legs, antenna, etc.
Cute little guy - like a sturdy Bull Dog of a wasp.
I'd say he was 5mm or less.
… Lynn Bergen, 6 October, 2008 - 11:22am login or register to post comments

 
A male Brachymeria. I don't r
A male Brachymeria. I don't recognize the species.
… Dennis Haines, 6 October, 2008 - 1:38pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Dennis, for confirmation of Brachymeria.
Hopefully someone will come along to recognize species as well.
Thanks again.
… Lynn Bergen, 7 October, 2008 - 1:13am login or register to post comments

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