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Wasp ID - Anastatus semiflavidus - female
Copyright © 2010 Scott Justis

Wasp ID - Anastatus semiflavidus - Female
Norfolk, Virginia, USA
September 21, 2010
Size: 3mm
Family Eupelmidae? Images taken over a three day period observing same egg cluster. Went back on the fourth day and tiny wasp was gone. It was laying eggs inside these coffee can shaped egg cases. I got some images of it ovipositing, but they didn't come out too well as it was at sunset when I took the images.

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Contributed by Scott Justis on 7 October, 2010 - 10:06am
Last updated 8 October, 2010 - 9:13am

Coreid eggs
These are leaf-footed bug eggs--it looks like no one mentioned that that's what they are, though Gary Gibson mentioned Coreidae as one of the known hosts for this wasp.
… Charley Eiseman, 25 September, 2011 - 9:38am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Charley
I see these kind of eggs often in this area and adult Coreidae are very common. I was lucky to find the wasp!
… Scott Justis, 25 September, 2011 - 9:48am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Eupelmidae.
… Charley Eiseman, 8 October, 2010 - 9:13am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies.

Thanks Ross!
… Scott Justis, 7 October, 2010 - 12:12pm login or register to post comments

Yes...
In these images, you can see the elongated metallic-colored body, a flattened mesonotum, a long and inflated mesopleura, and the wide separation between fore and hind coxae. Egg parasitoids of a wide array of insect orders including Hemiptera which these eggs resemble.

See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 7 October, 2010 - 11:53am login or register to post comments

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