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Photo#315906
Unknown insect eggs on grape leaf

Unknown insect eggs on grape leaf
Toledo, lucas County, Ohio, USA
July 26, 2009
I'd appreciate any help IDing these flat-topped eggs. I didn't get back to keep track of them.

Moved
Moved from Scelionidae.

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Moved from ID Request.

Agree...
Wasp details are lacking, but the short clubbed antennae, dark coloration, and reduced venation are typical for this group of egg parasitoids which frequently attack stinkbug eggs.

 
Thank you Ross.
When I saw the wasp I thought he was just wandering around and that it was a coincidence that he was in my pix. I guess nature is a little more 'intentional' isn't it?

Stink bug eggs (Pentatomidae)
...and a wasp (Scelionidae, I think) that has parasitized them and is guarding them.

 
Thanks again , Charlie.
You are always so helpful. Tell you what. That is pretty interesting business. When I spotted that tiny wasp in the photo I wondered if it had intentions on those eggs. I'm almost afraid to ask what the 'parasitization' effects on the egg. I'm guessing that only a wasp emerges rather than a live stink bug with a wasp attached.

 
Correct
Parasitized eggs turn black, and an adult wasp chews its way out of the egg rather than a stink bug nymph popping off the circular lid at the top.

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