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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Platygastroidea » Platygastridae » Platygastrinae
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Platygastridae, dorsal
Copyright © 2016 MJ Hatfield

Platygastridae, dorsal
Mike's Road Ditch Prairie, Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA
April 30, 2016
Size: 1.2 mm
September 5, 2015: collected stem gall on Goldenrod

April 20, 2016: 2 tiny wasps emerged and a larger wasp
April 30, 2016: opened gall and it was chocked full of life including tiny dead wasps, taped gall shut
May 2, 2016: tiny wasps emerged and a gall fly
May 6 & 10, 2016: 1 gall fly emerged each day

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Contributed by MJ Hatfield on 23 December, 2016 - 2:14pm
Last updated 23 December, 2016 - 5:55pm

Moved
Moved from "Parasitica" (parasitic Apocrita).
… MJ Hatfield, 23 December, 2016 - 5:52pm login or register to post comments

Platygastrinae…
These wasps parasitize gall midges.

See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 23 December, 2016 - 2:21pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you.
When there is multiple life in a rearing jar, I'm never sure of the connections.
… MJ Hatfield, 23 December, 2016 - 5:52pm login or register to post comments

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