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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Braconid and Ichneumonid Wasps (Ichneumonoidea) » Ichneumonid Wasps (Ichneumonidae) » Hover Fly Parasitoid Wasps (Diplazontinae) » Diplazon » Common Hover Fly Parasitoid Wasp (Diplazon laetatorius)
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Small Wasp - Diplazon laetatorius - female
Copyright © 2011 Shane Fitzgibbons

Small Wasp - Diplazon laetatorius - Female
Watsonville, Santa Cruz County, California, USA
June 30, 2011
Size: 4-5mm (body)
Fast moving wasp. It flew from leaf to leaf with no obvious purpose. Did not appear to be interested in the aphids infesting the plants.

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Small Wasp - Diplazon laetatorius - female Small Wasp - Diplazon laetatorius - female
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Contributed by mammynun on 3 July, 2011 - 10:35am
Last updated 3 July, 2011 - 1:17pm

Moved
Her interest in the aphids was limited to determining whether the colony was inhabited by any predatory Syrphidae and perhaps taking sustenance from aphid honey dew in the process.

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… Bob Carlson, 3 July, 2011 - 1:16pm login or register to post comments

Parasitoid?
Perhaps it is a parasitoid of aphid-eating syrphid larvae. Something along these lines.
… John Stanard, 3 July, 2011 - 12:30pm login or register to post comments

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