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Stinkbug egg parasitoids. 8/25/12 - Trissolcus - female

Stinkbug egg parasitoids. 8/25/12 - Trissolcus - Female
Churchville Nature Center, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA
August 25, 2012
Size: 1-1.5 mm
I saw these eggs (I assume that they are pentatomids) when this little wasp landed, approached them and started walking all over them. It couldn't have just emerged from them as they are whole. There is a small opening in one of them (upper right). In fact several adults emerged a couple of days later. The wasp was so interested on the eggs that didn't mind getting collected and plopped into a bag. In fact it was still going around the eggs after I got back home.
My guess is that it is a male waiting for females to emerge. It would be interesting to find out.
Wrong guess. Females of these parasitoids protect the eggs after they are done laying and are unwilling to leave. So, it is a female.
The eggs have been identified as Chinavia hilaris.

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Moved from Trissolcus.

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Moved from "Parasitica" (parasitic Apocrita).
Thanks, Ross.
I was surprised to see that little fellow approach the eggs and even more surprised of its determination to hang around at all costs. I only regret that I chilled it in excess and couldn't get better pictures.

Trissolcus…
Nice set of images, Beatriz. You have to have good timing to catch these little wasps because they usually appear only when eggs have been freshly laid.

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