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Strepsiptera - Halictophagus - female
Copyright © 2007 Jeff Gruber & UW-Madison Dept. of Entomology

Strepsiptera - Halictophagus - Female
Crex Meadows SWA, Burnett County, Wisconsin, USA
June 19, 2001
Strepsiptera and host cicadellid collected in flight-intercept trap (6-19 June 2001) in sandy prairie/savanna.

Pics taken with automontage system.

Halictophagus?

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Contributed by Jeff Gruber on 26 October, 2007 - 7:59pm
Last updated 4 January, 2014 - 11:29pm

Moved
Moved from Twisted-winged Insects.
… v belov, 4 January, 2014 - 11:29pm

Halictophagidae
Halictophagus genus parasitizes Draeculacephala.
… Kevin Moran, 4 January, 2014 - 11:28pm

awesome Pics! great find!
awesome Pics! great find!
… Martin Hauser, 29 October, 2007 - 3:27pm

 
Thanks
Thanks Martin. I feel extremely lucky that the hopper found its way into my trap and that I have access to an automontage system.
… Jeff Gruber, 29 October, 2007 - 10:31pm

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