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Braconid wasp - Alysiinae - Alysia

Braconid wasp - Alysiinae - Alysia
Medford, Jackson County, Oregon, USA
May 12, 2016
Size: 6mm
Found on a walnut leaf. Note the exodont mandibles in the last image. The longer second (middle) tooth is used to puncture the wall of the host fly's puparium, allowing it to escape.

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