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tiny wasps on tobacco leaf - Allophroides - male - female
Copyright © 2010 Linda Wiener

tiny wasps on tobacco leaf - Allophroides - Male Female
Santa Fe, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, USA
June 23, 2010
Size: about 2.5 mm
There were lots of these tiny wasps on my tobacco plant. This looks like a male and female of whatever they are. I took this photo in the early morning. Most of them had stuck fast to the tacky leaves and stems and were dead. What are they are what's up with them all getting caught in a death trap?
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Contributed by Linda Wiener on 23 June, 2010 - 2:24pm
Last updated 26 August, 2012 - 11:43am

Moved
Moved from Tersilochinae.
… Bob Carlson, 30 June, 2010 - 8:13pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Bob Carlson, 23 June, 2010 - 10:14pm login or register to post comments

Tersilochines?
They look like they may be tersilochine ichneumonids. If you have pines with staminate cones still with pollen on them near your tobacco plant, perhaps the critters are Allophroides. Why they or other tersilochines would be on your tobacco plant, I cannot say. However, if it was covered with honeydew which was making it tacky, maybe that is what they were after.
… Bob Carlson, 23 June, 2010 - 8:20pm login or register to post comments

 
pollen and wasps?
I do have some pinyon pines in my yard that still have some pollen. They are right near the plant. What is the (possible) connection with these wasps? Since the leaves of tobacco have very sticky hairs, they might just have gotten stuck.
… Linda Wiener, 23 June, 2010 - 9:32pm login or register to post comments

 
Allophroides?
Don't know why these would wind up stuck to the hairs of a tobacco plant, but the proximity of the pinyons which still had some pollen and the wing venation and other characteristics of the specimens would seem to indicate Allophroides is probable. If you wanted to send me some specimens, I should be able to confirm the genus. None of the Nearctic species of Allophroides have been described.
… Bob Carlson, 23 June, 2010 - 10:13pm login or register to post comments

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