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Pteromalidae, ex. Euleia fratria, dorsal - Halticoptera - female
Copyright © 2022 MJ Hatfield

Pteromalidae, ex. Euleia fratria, dorsal - Halticoptera - Female
White Pine Hollow ROW, Dubuque County, Iowa, USA
October 19, 2022
June 15, 2022: running late but had time to look at a patch of Cow parsnips, Heracleum maximum, in the ROW (road right of way), photographed insects on the flowers and collected 2 leaves with miners.


July 4, 2022: 3 flies

October 19, 2022: 1 parasitoid, alive

December 17, 2023: Jeong Yoo says Halticoptera.
Thank you Jeong.

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Pteromalidae, ex. Euleia fratria, dorsal - Halticoptera - female Pteromalidae, lateral - Halticoptera - female Pteromalidae, frontal - Halticoptera - female
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Contributed by MJ Hatfield on 10 December, 2022 - 6:48pm
Last updated 17 December, 2023 - 4:55pm

Moved
Moved from Pteromalid Wasps.
… MJ Hatfield, 17 December, 2023 - 4:54pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps.
… MJ Hatfield, 10 December, 2022 - 7:06pm login or register to post comments

Yes - a female…
This is the largest chalcid family. Most species are gregarious ectoparasitoids of larvae and pupae of Lepidoptera and Coleoptera, but a number of species attack larvae and pupae of Diptera as well.

See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 10 December, 2022 - 6:57pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you Ross.
It only took about 20 minutes to make the ID guess. I am trying.
… MJ Hatfield, 10 December, 2022 - 7:10pm login or register to post comments

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