Tiny Bowlegged Wasp - Brachymeria podagrica

Moved

… Dennis Haines, 1 October, 2011 - 2:23pm

The more I look at this and t

The more I look at this and the other pictures of known Brachymeria the more convinced I become that this is just a mellanic form of B. fonscolombei. When you look at the areas where the ivory spots should be you find a corresponding paler spot in the background color. The situation of being found indoors in "numbers" also supports this identification. Its the only species that I regularly find indoors, due to it's parasitism of carrion flies larvae.

And its a male.

… Dennis Haines, 1 October, 2011 - 2:21pm

Thank you

for the further examination and information!

… Ashley Bradford, 2 October, 2011 - 5:25pm

Date?

If you found them indoors it may be a good idea to remove the date from the data field and keep it only on the text. Perhaps adults are not found normally outdoors this time of the year.
Neat little fellow and a lot of detail in this images.

… Beatriz Moisset, 30 September, 2011 - 6:00pm

Thanks -

suggestion taken. Sure do wish I knew where they came from! Still a mystery, but I haven't found another in a while now.

… Ashley Bradford, 30 September, 2011 - 7:07pm

Moved

Moved from Chalcid Wasps.

… Dennis Haines, 16 March, 2010 - 10:17am

This morning

I found #6 in my bathroom window and then #7 at my door glass. It's been at least five weeks since finding the first one. They are all fairly sluggish and stationary - I haven't found any actually flying around. I think I've found all of them at the windows.

… Ashley Bradford, 24 February, 2010 - 11:27am

they go straight to the windows to break free, disperse,...

...and find new hosts -- that's what you do if your lifestyle involves a [host] substrate routinely present in limited amounts scattered across the territory in unpredictable ways

… v belov, 24 February, 2010 - 11:42am

I just found #8

YESTERDAY at my glass door. Now I REALLY wonder what their host is!

Hello to you, btw - I did get your message, but I've been without internet access for a lot of the last three weeks, or really busy. Meanwhile, I keep taking pictures... Got LOTS of bugs in the backlogs by now. Just need time to process and post! =) Taking a few minutes to do a bit today with all the fresh bugs I just found in FL. I hope you're well.

… Ashley Bradford, 6 June, 2010 - 1:06pm

I'm really wondering

what their host was, that has them showing up across five weeks in my house.

I have let every one go outside, except the two from this morning - they're still in the capture cup.

… Ashley Bradford, 24 February, 2010 - 12:18pm

Its probably something close

Its probably something close to Brachymeria fonscolombei. That species parasitizes maggots of carrion feeding flies. I've had them show up in homes due to dead rodent or bird carasses in the attic space.

… Dennis Haines, 30 September, 2011 - 8:15pm

Strange

I live in a basement and haven't noticed any opportunity for maggots, and only the occasional fly that gets in.

… Ashley Bradford, 30 September, 2011 - 8:28pm

It could happen

Sometimes I had infestations of flies (probably carrion feeding ones) in my basement. They lasted a few days and then they were gone. I suspected a dead mouse in the crawl space, next to the basement, although I couldn't detect any smell. Maybe this is what happened.

… Beatriz Moisset, 1 October, 2011 - 1:32pm

Perhaps?

I've seen a mouse or two run through here, so it's not impossible. I'll have to just accept that! :)

… Ashley Bradford, 2 October, 2011 - 5:24pm

spectacular series! hope someone will sort them out… eventuall

Moved from Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies.

… v belov, 10 February, 2010 - 4:42pm

Thank you!

I thought it might be a chalcid, but wasn't certain. I hope someone can tell me what it was and where it might have come from, into my house!

… Ashley Bradford, 10 February, 2010 - 4:59pm