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Photo#1818826
Parasitic Wasp on Gall - female

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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Moved
Moved from Chalcid Wasps.

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

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.

 
It is
indeed Eupelmidae.

 
Oh my...
Thank you!

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