That’s great news, I now have a representative of that superfamily, it’s my first one. I travel hours to go look for new wasps, this one landed on my cell phone when I was playing fetch in my backyard.... I’ve learned the hard way to try and keep a vial on me.

... collecting method is, but you should be a able to get a lot of families of parasitoid wasps by sweeping vegetation with a net that has a REALLY fine mesh (for example, I use silkscreen).

I think I’ll look into getting a dedicated sweep net.

I have a hybrid, aireal sweep net from Bioquip. I’ve tried sweeping grass before while walking before but I usually get everything except wasps. I’m sure it’s probably my techniqu, and I should give it a try on trees or other vegetation.

After sweeping do you place in a kill jar for later sorting? I’d hAve to try to figure out a way to sort while alive.