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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) » Braconid Wasps (Braconidae) » Alysiinae
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Small Wasp with red mites
Copyright © 2017 Sara Simpkins

Small Wasp with red mites
Pacific Heights Neighborhood , Saskatoon and Area, Saskatchewan, Canada
July 27, 2017
Found this wasp on the back porch after sunset - was likely drawn to the light with countless other bugs. It was a very warm and oddly humid evening.
I would like assistance identifying the species or family of this wasp, I am fairly certain it is a parasitic wasp.

I am fairly certain the mites are some kind of Whirligig mite as they are quite common here but I would like to know if they are hitch hiking or attacking the wasp.
Cheers, and thak you!
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Contributed by Sara Simpkins on 29 July, 2017 - 7:15pm

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… Sara Simpkins, 29 July, 2017 - 7:23pm login or register to post comments

Alysiinae…
See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 29 July, 2017 - 7:20pm login or register to post comments

 
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Thank you! Do you know if the mites are hitch hiking or attacking the wasp?
… Sara Simpkins, 29 July, 2017 - 7:23pm login or register to post comments

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