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Micro Tiphid wasps
Copyright © 2021 bdedo

Micro Tiphid wasps
Moss Bluff, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, USA
November 18, 2021
Size: 0.5mm
Was waiting for presumed moth cocoons to emerge, and instead, found over a thousand of these winged wasps(?) In the ziplock bag where I was storing the cocoons. Magnified pictures taking on a microscope demonstrates some of their features. Hoping for an ID, if possible?

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Contributed by bdedo on 21 November, 2021 - 12:01pm
Last updated 23 November, 2021 - 9:33am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Bob Zuparko, 23 November, 2021 - 9:33am login or register to post comments

it's going to
be hard to take these IDs further from backlit photos – they're just silhouettes
… Steve Scholnick, 21 November, 2021 - 2:44pm login or register to post comments

 
From UC Riverside expert
Here is some info that helps:

Copidosoma, from Encyrtidae. It also fits the description of the rearing events. There are many species of that genus that look almost alike
… bdedo, 22 November, 2021 - 12:57pm login or register to post comments

 
I agree that these are ...
... encyrtids from the tribe Copidosomatini. The most commonly encountered genus from that tribe is Copidosoma, so there is a good chance this is a species from that genus, but I cannot guarantee that 100%. As far as is known, all species in the tribe are polyembryonic - which means multiple larvae (sometimes 100's) will emerge from a single egg.
… Bob Zuparko, 23 November, 2021 - 9:32am login or register to post comments

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