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Small wasp - Paramesius - female

Small wasp - Paramesius - Female
Pelham, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
April 27, 2011
Size: ~2.5 mm
This scurried by while I was taking pictures of something else. Unfortunately this is the only shot I got... looks like it was probably something interesting. Oh well.

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Small wasp - Paramesius - female Small wasp - Paramesius - female

Moved
Moved from Diapriidae.

Paramesius sp. female (Diapri
Paramesius sp. female (Diapriinae, Diapriidae)

Moved
Moved from "Parasitica" (parasitic Apocrita).
Thanks--I actually do have one other (just added) shot; it's very blurry but it does add another angle, in case the general shape of the wasp is useful.

Diapriid…
Difficult to be sure with only this angle, but seems likely.

See reference here.

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