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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » parasitic Apocrita » Chalcid Wasps (Chalcidoidea) » Leucospidae » Leucospis
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Chalcid - Leucospis
Copyright © 2008 Will Chatfield-Taylor

Chalcid - Leucospis
Johnathan Dickinson SP, Florida, USA
October 17, 2008
Size: 1cm
Some sort of Chalcid, but I can't find a match in the guide for it. Any help would be appreciated :-)
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Contributed by Will Chatfield-Taylor on 23 October, 2008 - 9:21pm
Last updated 24 October, 2008 - 2:16pm

Leucospis sp., Leucospidae
Leucospis sp., Leucospidae
… Dennis Haines, 24 October, 2008 - 10:38am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Dennis!
Didn't know there were other families with those swollen femurs.
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 24 October, 2008 - 2:16pm login or register to post comments

 
The humped back and folded wi
The humped back and folded wings are typical of family. It looks like yours is a male. The female ovipositor comes up over the back. Ours in California are yellow and black. It seems that those from the southeast have more red.
… Dennis Haines, 24 October, 2008 - 2:58pm login or register to post comments

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