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Encyrtid Wasp - Copidosoma - female
Copyright © 2024 Clarence Holmes

Encyrtid Wasp - Copidosoma - Female
West Harrison, Westchester County, New York, USA
July 5, 2024
Size: 2mm
- longish antenna (long scape, and appears to have a 6-segment funicle and thin 3-segment club)
- blue, convex mesopleuron

Observation on iNaturalist.

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Encyrtid Wasp - Copidosoma - female Encyrtid Wasp - Copidosoma - female
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Contributed by Clarence Holmes on 11 July, 2024 - 10:34am
Last updated 26 July, 2024 - 9:34am

Moved
Moved from Encyrtid Wasps.
… Bob Zuparko, 26 July, 2024 - 9:34am login or register to post comments

This is a little odd to me.
I suspect these are images of Copidosoma females. But in the image of the single wasp, the antennal segments are clearly very long and thin. This may well be the same individual that is on the right in the image of 2 wasps. But in that second image, the wasp on the left apparently has antennal segments much shorter and somewhat wider that the other one. Both appear to be females, so although sexual dimorphism can be quite marked in some encyrtid species, that is not the case here. So, the chance of these being 2 different species cannot be disregarded, although otherwise their general habitus certainly are similar to each other.
… Bob Zuparko, 26 July, 2024 - 9:33am login or register to post comments

 
These are probably different individuals
On this day I was seeing lots of these on the side of the tree. These two images were taken about 10 minutes apart, but I think the perspective on the image of the two wasps has destorted the antennae. One of the distinguishing features I was seeing were the long, thin attennae with long scapes. I had also tentatively ID'ed these as Copidosoma sp.
… Clarence Holmes, 26 July, 2024 - 9:49am login or register to post comments

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