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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Aulacid, Ensign, and Gasteruptiid Wasps (Evanioidea) » Carrot Wasps (Gasteruptiidae) » Gasteruption » assectator or kirbii (Gasteruption assectator or kirbii)
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Gasteruption kirbii or assectator - Gasteruption - female
Copyright © 2011 Arthur Scott Macmillan

Gasteruption kirbii or assectator - Gasteruption - Female
Soquel, Santa Cruz County, California, USA
July 20, 2011
Perhaps 10mm long, but very narrow appearing like a midge at first glance. It would land on twigs and leaves not far off of the ground...

Antennas segments harder to discern than I thought! I guess I will leave it to the wasp experts, however, I added a higher resolution image. Hope it helps.

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Contributed by Arthur Scott Macmillan on 21 July, 2011 - 9:46pm
Last updated 5 August, 2015 - 6:11pm

Moved
Moved from Gasteruption.
… v belov, 22 July, 2011 - 7:46am login or register to post comments

 
Well done!
With three people responding within minutes of my submission I am humbled!

...But...did anyone else happen to notice the insect on the bottom of the leaf? I would really be surprised if someone knew what it was!
… Arthur Scott Macmillan, 24 July, 2011 - 12:45am login or register to post comments

Gasteruptiidae
Gasteruption sp. Two species with a short ovipositor occur in California, G. assectator and G. kirbii. Unable to tell which from photos.
… Dave Smith, 22 July, 2011 - 6:01am login or register to post comments

Gasteruption?


Oops! I'm so late!
… Yurika Alexander, 21 July, 2011 - 10:07pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from "Parasitica" (parasitic Apocrita).
… Ken Wolgemuth, 21 July, 2011 - 10:07pm login or register to post comments

Thinking Gasteruption


Let's see if anyone else agrees.

EDIT: One minute late. :)
… Ken Wolgemuth, 21 July, 2011 - 10:06pm login or register to post comments

No
Gasteruption
… Bob Carlson, 21 July, 2011 - 10:05pm login or register to post comments

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