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Braconid sp ?
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Braconid sp ?
Virginia, St. Louis County, Minnesota, USA
June 5, 2020
Size: Wasps: 3 mm. Cocoon: 10mm
47.58221, -92.53973. Rearing experiment results. The first photo shows a small "cocoon" that was on a blade of grass on the side of a lightly used gravel road. It was collected. The surroundings are birch-aspen-maple-balsam fir forest. About 30 wasps eclosed on 6/5/20. (I am not prepared for photography of such tiny subjects. I can provide wasps to anyone wishing to pursue this further).

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Braconid sp ? Braconid sp ?
Contributed by JerryMcCormick on 7 June, 2020 - 4:11pm
Last updated 8 June, 2020 - 9:52am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Bob Zuparko, 8 June, 2020 - 9:52am

All Microgastrinae…
A gregarious species, apparently.

See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 7 June, 2020 - 4:23pm

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