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Photo#272752
Fig Wasp - Pleistodontes imperialis - female

Fig Wasp - Pleistodontes imperialis - Female
Laguna Beach, Orange County, California, USA
May 5, 2009
Size: ~2mm bl
Wingless female

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Fig Wasp - Pleistodontes imperialis - female Fig Wasp - Pleistodontes imperialis - female Fig Wasp - Pleistodontes imperialis - female Fig Wasp - Pleistodontes imperialis - female

Moved
Moved from Fig wasps.

 
Congrats, Peter
First of the species for Bug Guide. (First of genus as well.)

Pleistodontes imperialis
Pleistodontes imperialis Saunders 1883

Chalcidoid-Agaonidae
Fam Agaonidae.

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