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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Chalcidoid Wasps (Chalcidoidea) » Fairy Wasps (Mymaridae) » Ooctonus
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Small wasp - Ooctonus
Copyright © 2012 Matt Goff

Small wasp - Ooctonus
Sitka County, Alaska, USA
October 27, 2012
Size: ~1mm
Was relaxing in the sun and noticed this crawling on me. I assume it's parasitic, but I'm not sure what it might finding this time of year.

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Contributed by Matt Goff on 28 October, 2012 - 1:22am
Last updated 11 January, 2014 - 9:56am

Moved
Moved from Fairyflies.
… Charley Eiseman, 11 January, 2014 - 9:56am login or register to post comments

Ooctonus - Mymaridae
Genus Ooctonus.
… Emilian Pricop , 11 January, 2014 - 9:38am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies.
… Matt Goff, 29 October, 2012 - 10:07pm login or register to post comments

Mymarid female…
Nice images. You can see the spatulate hind wing as well. They are egg parasitoids of various insect groups. It's amazing to me that you even noticed something that small crawling on you.

See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 28 October, 2012 - 1:33am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
I noticed the movement on my dark colored jacket. It helped that I had seen a leaf-hopper (somewhat larger) a little while before and had been bummed that I missed out on catching it.
… Matt Goff, 28 October, 2012 - 2:13am login or register to post comments

 
re: Leafhoppers...
Leafhoppers and planthoppers are the principal targets of these wasps, but they attack other groups as well.
… Ross Hill, 28 October, 2012 - 9:03am login or register to post comments

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