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Tiny Wasp - A dwarf member of the subfamily Banchinae - female
Copyright © 2008 Arthur Scott Macmillan

Tiny Wasp - A dwarf member of the subfamily Banchinae - Female
Sunnyvale, Santa Clara County, California, USA
September 30, 2008
Size: Roughly 5mm
This individual had very colorful wings, or maybe it is more accurate to say that they reflected many colors. Sort of like a drop of oil in a puddle of water. It looks like the much larger orange Ichneumon Wasps that I have seen, except for the color.

Not a pinned specimen, this one died of natural causes!
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Contributed by Arthur Scott Macmillan on 10 November, 2008 - 3:24am
Last updated 28 September, 2009 - 9:07pm

Moved
Moved from Banchinae.
… John F. Carr, 28 September, 2009 - 9:07pm login or register to post comments

Campopleginae
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… Bob Carlson, 28 September, 2009 - 7:55pm login or register to post comments

:)
"Not a pinned specimen, this one died of natural causes"!

But isn't that a pin through the thorax? Or am I hallucinating again? :)
… Ken Schneider, 10 November, 2008 - 10:25am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Richard, and Ken...
LOL, we both are hallucinating again, possibly. The "not pinned" comment was an afterthought, when I started trying to figure out what that...pin thing...is. I can't remember doing so, but maybe I used a pin, or something to prop it up with, to get a better angle. Probably it is just something that looks like a pin!

I have seen live ones like this before, even gotten some pictures, but it was the unusually shiny wings that I liked the best. To the naked eye, the body due to its small size just seems like a solid color.
… Arthur Scott Macmillan, 10 November, 2008 - 2:52pm login or register to post comments

Ichneumonid wasp - female
A dwarf member of the subfamily Banchinae.
… Richard Vernier, 10 November, 2008 - 7:38am login or register to post comments

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