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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Chalcidoid Wasps (Chalcidoidea) » Chalcidid Wasps (Chalcididae) » Brachymeriinae » Brachymeria » Brachymeria podagrica
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Brachymeria podagrica? - Brachymeria podagrica - female
Copyright © 2019 Victor Engel

Brachymeria podagrica? - Brachymeria podagrica - Female
Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
May 22, 2019
I found a couple of chalcid wasps on dead rats. I had no idea they were attracted to carrion.

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Brachymeria podagrica? - Brachymeria podagrica - female Brachymeria podagrica? - Brachymeria podagrica - female Brachymeria podagrica? - Brachymeria podagrica - female
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Contributed by Victor Engel on 22 May, 2019 - 5:13pm
Last updated 22 May, 2019 - 6:38pm

Moved
Moved from Brachymeria podagrica.
… Bob Biagi, 22 May, 2019 - 6:38pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Chalcid Wasps.
… Victor Engel, 22 May, 2019 - 6:37pm login or register to post comments

Right ID…
These are primary parasitoids of several fly families, including Calliphoridae, Muscidae, and Sarcophagidae. They are present in at least fifteen states, including Texas.

See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 22 May, 2019 - 6:30pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks.
Thanks.
… Victor Engel, 22 May, 2019 - 6:36pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Victor Engel, 22 May, 2019 - 6:19pm login or register to post comments

I see in the discussion here
I see in the discussion here that another species preys on carrion fly larvae.
… Victor Engel, 22 May, 2019 - 5:28pm login or register to post comments

They were apparently oviposit
They were apparently ovipositing in the rat carcass.
… Victor Engel, 22 May, 2019 - 5:15pm login or register to post comments

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