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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Chalcidoid Wasps (Chalcidoidea) » Eupelmidae » Eupelminae » Anastatus
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Small Hymenopteran - Anastatus - female
Copyright © 2007 Simon Fraser

Small Hymenopteran - Anastatus - Female
Sunnyvale, Santa Clara County, California, USA
November 24, 2007
Size: ~3mm long
Small hymenopteran, foraging over apple leaves. At first glance looks like an ant; wings are hard to see. Various metallic colors.
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Contributed by Simon Fraser on 27 November, 2007 - 12:24am
Last updated 5 March, 2011 - 3:41pm

Moved
Moved from Eupelmidae.
… v belov, 5 February, 2011 - 4:31pm login or register to post comments

Awesome.
Simply outstanding image! Thank you for sharing your work here. Oh, by the way, there is a Canadian university named after you:-)
… Eric R. Eaton, 27 November, 2007 - 12:03pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
Thanks for all the comments. There's another pic of this critter on Flickr.
… Simon Fraser, 27 November, 2007 - 12:22pm login or register to post comments

Eupelmidae (Chalcidoidea)
Peculiar shape of thorax is distinctive.
… Richard Vernier, 27 November, 2007 - 4:27am login or register to post comments

 
Nevermind. I just posted a c
Nevermind. I just posted a comment and then realized that I was wrong. I don't think I can just delete my reply. Oops.
… Andy Boring, 29 November, 2007 - 12:11pm login or register to post comments

 
Female of the genus Anastatus
Female of the genus Anastatus Motschulsky.
… Gary Gibson, 5 February, 2011 - 4:12pm login or register to post comments

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