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Photo#301648
Wasplet - female
Copyright © 2009 John F. Carr

Wasplet - Female
Great Meadows NWR, Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
July 9, 2009
Size: 1.7 mm
I think it's on Purple Loosestrife.
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Contributed by John F. Carr on 9 July, 2009 - 7:11pm
Last updated 1 March, 2018 - 4:42pm

Moved
Moved from Chalcid Wasps.
… Bob Zuparko, 1 March, 2018 - 4:42pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Eurytomidae. Definitely not a eurytomid.
… Matthias Buck, 26 April, 2010 - 6:31pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Chalcid Wasps.
… John F. Carr, 4 October, 2009 - 6:47pm login or register to post comments

Two different wasps…
John, I think I initially IDd the first wasp in this sequence (#301648), then you added the three other images to the right after the fact, thinking they were of the same wasp. If you look closely at the head, neck, eyes, and abdomen, you will see the differences. The first image is of a eurytomid, the other images are of a pteromalid as Miles has indicated.
… Ross Hill, 4 October, 2009 - 6:30pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Eurytomidae.
… John F. Carr, 2 October, 2009 - 9:27pm login or register to post comments

mmm
Looks quite different from the Eurytomids I am used to seeing, I'd say Pteromalidae...
… Miles Zhang, 3 September, 2009 - 11:48pm login or register to post comments

Eurytomidae…
The dull black coloration, semi-quadrate and punctate head, hairy antennae and thorax, and oval and compressed abdomen indicate a chalcid wasp in this subfamily. This is a female.

See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 15 July, 2009 - 5:59pm login or register to post comments

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