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Tiny Wingless Wasp - Sclerodermus carolinensis - female
Copyright © 2010 G.K. Gerber

Tiny Wingless Wasp - Sclerodermus carolinensis - Female
Harrisonburg, Rockingham County, Virginia, USA
December 29, 2010
Size: 2.5 mm

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Tiny Wingless Wasp - Sclerodermus carolinensis - female Tiny Wingless Wasp - Sclerodermus carolinensis - female
Contributed by G.K. Gerber on 30 December, 2010 - 11:13pm
Last updated 17 September, 2023 - 7:31pm

Moved
Moved from Sclerodermus.
… Brad Barnd, 17 September, 2023 - 7:31pm

Moved
Moved from Bethylidae.
… v belov, 8 March, 2011 - 7:16pm

Moved
Moved from Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and Stinging Wasps.
… Brad Barnd, 31 December, 2010 - 1:54am

 
This is female of genus Sclerodermus
As a species of Sclerodermus, they are known as ectoparasitoids
of immature stages of beetle, Bark beetle, longhorned beetle and so on.
Thanks
… Jongok LIM, 8 March, 2011 - 1:48am

 
great -- thank you so much for the ID, Dr Lim
… v belov, 8 March, 2011 - 7:19pm

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