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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Chalcidoid Wasps (Chalcidoidea) » Eucharitidae » Orasema
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Tiny wasp on Palo Verde - Orasema
Copyright © 2011 margarethe brummermann

Tiny wasp on Palo Verde - Orasema
Picture Rocks, NW of Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, USA
April 14, 2011
Size: 3 to 4 mm
Is it ovipositing into the stem of the flower bud?

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Contributed by margarethe brummermann on 16 April, 2011 - 8:26pm
Last updated 4 August, 2011 - 1:18pm

Moved
Moved from Eucharitidae.
… margarethe brummermann, 4 August, 2011 - 1:18pm login or register to post comments

Orasema sp.
Hymenoptera: Eucharitidae: ovipositing single eggs into the flower stalk. Likely a parasitoid of Pheidole.
… John Heraty, 4 August, 2011 - 12:21pm login or register to post comments

 
how do the larvae
get to the ants?
… margarethe brummermann, 28 March, 2022 - 9:52pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Eucharitidae.
… margarethe brummermann, 19 April, 2011 - 12:29am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies.
… margarethe brummermann, 17 April, 2011 - 2:05pm login or register to post comments

Eucharitidae…
Wing venation, a lenticular head shape, and sickle-shaped jaws suggest this chalcid group. These are ant parasites. Eggs are laid in stems, buds, or other leaf surfaces.

See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 17 April, 2011 - 11:33am login or register to post comments

Guessing Cynipidae


Wait to hear from the experts, though.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 16 April, 2011 - 8:42pm login or register to post comments

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