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Chalcidoid wasp from Io Moth eggs
Copyright © 2019 Kimberlie Sasan

Chalcidoid wasp from Io Moth eggs
Southlake, Tarrant County, Texas, USA
October 31, 2019
Emerged on 10/5/19 from Io Moth eggs collected on 9/18/19.

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Contributed by Kimberlie Sasan on 8 November, 2019 - 9:17pm
Last updated 10 November, 2019 - 12:23am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Bob Zuparko, 10 November, 2019 - 12:23am

Eupelmid (male)…
They are principally egg parasitoids or larval and pupal parasitoids of Hymenoptera and Diptera. The literature mentions Anastatus as a known genus that attacks this particular host. It appears from your last image that you have a few females as well (the ones with extruded ovipositors). If it's possible for you to get a few close-ups of one of them, that might be helpful in any possible future genus ID, since most of the taxonomic work in this group is done with females.

See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 8 November, 2019 - 9:33pm

 
I'll try to get better pics
Thanks for the info Ross! I've still got the wasps, so I'll see if I can get better pics. They are so small they would blow away if I breathed. LOL
… Kimberlie Sasan, 10 November, 2019 - 6:14pm

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