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Photo#335835
wasp

wasp
Cross Plains, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA
September 21, 2009
Size: ~4mm

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Moved
Moved from Figitidae.

Anacharitinae I believe

Moved

Gall wasp: Figitidaeā€¦
Nice example of this family with characteristic straight antennae and wing venation, a laterally compressed abdomen, dark coloration, a petiolate abdomen, and spiny scutellum. Mostly fly parasitoids.

See reference here.

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