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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Platygastroidea » Scelionidae » Scelioninae
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Small wasp inside salticid egg case
Copyright © 2017 Colin Purrington

Small wasp inside salticid egg case
Zolfo Springs, Hardee County, Florida, USA
November 13, 2017
Size: 1.5 mm
I'm assuming this is an egg parasite. Has resemblance to some Idris species (Platygastridae), and I read that some members of this genus have been found in eggs sacs made by salticids. Would love an ID guess if anyone has one.

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Contributed by Colin Purrington on 13 November, 2017 - 8:48pm
Last updated 14 November, 2017 - 5:19pm

Moved
Moved from Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies.
… John S. Ascher, 14 November, 2017 - 5:19pm login or register to post comments

Scelioninae (female)…
Possibly Idris, but can't see enough details. There are two adults in this image.

See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 13 November, 2017 - 10:10pm login or register to post comments

 
Second adult
Thanks, Ross! The other thing under the webbing is one of the hatched salticids. I only found one of the wasps, and photo is bad because I was totally unprepared.
… Colin Purrington, 14 November, 2017 - 6:18am login or register to post comments

 
Close-up of wasp
Not sure it's any improvement but I uploaded another view of the wasp. Slightly closer, but still shrouded in silk.

… Colin Purrington, 14 November, 2017 - 7:41am login or register to post comments

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