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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Platygastroidea » Scelionidae
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Scelionidae, dorsal
Copyright © 2023 MJ Hatfield

Scelionidae, dorsal
100 Acre Wood, Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA
Size: 2+ mm
In an effort to rear Epiblema benignatum

set up multiple jars of stems/branchlets of Prairie sage, Artemisia ludoviciana, and in this case lower stems with roots attached surrounded by soil with loose organic matter (leaves mostly) to keep the roots/soil damp.

A few different insects emerged.
December 15, 2019: cleaning up rearing jars, a winter project, found this wasp, expired.
Brachypterous

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Contributed by MJ Hatfield on 19 January, 2023 - 9:30am
Last updated 19 January, 2023 - 10:51am

Moved
Moved from "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps.
… Bob Zuparko, 19 January, 2023 - 9:45am login or register to post comments

This is a member ...
... of the family Scelionidae.
… Bob Zuparko, 19 January, 2023 - 9:45am login or register to post comments

 
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Thank you.
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