Encyrtidae - Copidosoma Ames - Tullamore, Story County, Iowa, USA Size: 1 mm
1 mm body, with wings 1.5 mm
Lots! of wasps emerged (August/September 2009) from Trichoplusia ni, cabbage looper larva.
"Your specimens are undoubtedly Copidosoma sp., and almost certainly C. floridanum. The genus is a large one, containing ca. 180 spp. worldwide, so there are many other possibilities (of course, many fewer here locally). C. floridanum is among the most common in North America and it is known to specialize in plusiine noctuid hosts." James W. Mertins, entomologist
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