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egg case on grass, Mymaridae - Anagrus

egg case on grass, Mymaridae - Anagrus
100 Acre Wood, Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA
August 31, 2017
Size: case 2- mm
August 31, 2017: collecting miscellaneous grasses to feed delphacids, found these eggs
September 8, 2017: eggs are darkening, not so vibrant, are they dying?
September 13, 2017: red mymarid-type wasp (but I don't know what happened, did I squish it when I picked the grass out of the vial), wasp into alcohol
September 16, 2017: uncovered the eggs for a better look
nothing more emerged

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egg case on grass, Mymaridae - Anagrus egg case on grass, 1 Mymaridae emergent hole - Anagrus Mymaridae - Anagrus - female egg case on grass, cover removed - Anagrus

According to the info page fo
According to the info page for Anagrus, they are parasitoids of leafhopper eggs.

Moved

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

Probably leafhopper, but might be some other -hopper.

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