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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" (parasitic Apocrita) » Chalcidoid Wasps (Chalcidoidea) » Eupelmidae
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Parasitic Wasp on Gall - female
Copyright © 2020 Jessica Addams

Parasitic Wasp on Gall - Female
Orlando, Orange County, Florida, USA
May 24, 2020
Size: ~4mm
This individual was walking over the gall, pointing the end of its abdomen down repeatedly as though stinging or ovipositing.

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Contributed by Jessica Addams on 24 May, 2020 - 5:38pm
Last updated 11 July, 2020 - 6:24pm

Moved
Moved from Chalcid Wasps.
… Bob Zuparko, 11 July, 2020 - 6:24pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Bob Zuparko, 26 May, 2020 - 9:19am login or register to post comments

This most certainly ...
... is a parasitoid trying to parasitize an inhabitant of the gall. It is a member of the Chalcidoidea, PROBABLY the family Eupelmidae, but I am not 100% sure of that.
… Bob Zuparko, 25 May, 2020 - 10:15am login or register to post comments

 
It is
indeed Eupelmidae.
… Jeong Yoo, 28 May, 2020 - 7:16am login or register to post comments

 
Oh my...
Thank you!
… Jessica Addams, 25 May, 2020 - 11:40am login or register to post comments

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