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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Braconid and Ichneumonid Wasps (Ichneumonoidea) » Braconid Wasps (Braconidae) » Microgastrinae
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Parasitoid of cabbage seedpod weevil
Copyright © 2021 Victorym7

Parasitoid of cabbage seedpod weevil
Canola field, Quebec, Canada
It is a parasitoid of the Cabbage Seedpod Weevil (canola pest). This parasitoid emerged from a canola pod after feeding on CSW larva.
I would like a confirmation of the family and if possible the genus. However I do not think you can find the species name from this photo.
Sorry for the quality of this photo. I was only able to take it with my phone through a binocular magnifier.

Summer 2020.
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Contributed by Victorym7 on 3 March, 2021 - 6:07pm
Last updated 27 March, 2021 - 1:12am

Moved
Moved from Braconid Wasps.
… Joe, 27 March, 2021 - 1:12am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Microgastrinae.

I agree this looks like Microgastrinae, but everything I've found in a quick search says they only parasitize lepidoptera, so I'm not sure. Can you get a good picture of the antennae? If it is Microgastrinae, it the antenna should appear subdivided with 18 true segments, but it looks like 36 segments. see https://bugguide.net/node/view/1050334/bgimage
… Nathaniel Green, 4 March, 2021 - 12:36am login or register to post comments

 
I checked the segments of the
I checked the segments of the antennae but unfortunately one antenna is missing and the other is not complete (it misses like maybe 2 or 3 segments I think). I counted 20 segments.
… Victorym7, 4 March, 2021 - 9:17am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Nathaniel Green, 4 March, 2021 - 12:25am login or register to post comments

Microgastrinae…
See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 3 March, 2021 - 7:22pm login or register to post comments

 
Ok thanks, I was quite sure f
Ok thanks, I was quite sure for Braconidae but not Microgastrinae.
… Victorym7, 4 March, 2021 - 9:18am login or register to post comments

 
It is surprising...
...to find a micrograstrine parasitizing anything but Lepidoptera, but the wing venation is definitely that of Microgastrinae. Did you rear this specimen from the seedpod, or find it walking on or near the seedpod? Diamondback moth caterpillars feed on crucifers including canola. An important biocontrol agent of diamondback moth is a microgastrine braconid: Cotesia plutellae.
… Joe, 27 March, 2021 - 1:10am login or register to post comments

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