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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) » tmp page: family expert-verified, further placement uncertain
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Tiny wasp
Copyright © 2007 Dorothy E. Pugh

Tiny wasp
Mason Farm Biological Reserve, Orange County, North Carolina, USA
September 23, 2007
Size: about 2 mm
It looked like an orange gnat flying to this plant. It looks strange enough to be a sawfly, but apparently too small.
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Contributed by Dorothy E. Pugh on 28 September, 2007 - 8:19am
Last updated 10 December, 2009 - 1:30pm

possibly Opiinae -- Paul Marsh det.
Moved from Braconid Wasps.
… v belov, 10 December, 2009 - 1:30pm login or register to post comments

A Bracondi Wasp (Braconidae) - female
This bright orange, translucent color is really strange, and hints for mainly nocturanl habits.
… Richard Vernier, 28 September, 2007 - 10:05am login or register to post comments

 
Yes, it's Braconid and
I think it's a Psyttalia fletcheri according to http://www.invasive.org/browse/detail.cfm?imgnum=1317034. Thanks for the tip!
… Dorothy E. Pugh, 28 September, 2007 - 8:31pm login or register to post comments

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