Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
Clickable Guide
Moths Butterflies Flies Caterpillars Flies Dragonflies Flies Mantids Cockroaches Bees and Wasps Walkingsticks Earwigs Ants Termites Hoppers and Kin Hoppers and Kin Beetles True Bugs Fleas Grasshoppers and Kin Ticks Spiders Scorpions Centipedes Millipedes

Calendar

TaxonomyBrowseInfoImagesLinksBooksData
Photo#741004
Torymidae - Torymus - female

Torymidae - Torymus - Female
Decorah Cedars, Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA
Size: 2- mm
Emerged from flowering spurge, Euphorbia corollata, galls
Photo: 1/26/13

Images of this individual: tag all
Cecidomyiidae, galls on Flowering Spurge Torymidae - Torymus - male - female Torymidae - Torymus - male Torymidae - Torymus - female TorymidaeX  - Torymus - female

Moved
Moved from Toryminae.

Moved
Moved from Toryminae.

Moved
Moved from Torymus.

 
Torymus
My torymid contact says: "It's definitely Torymus...Torymus spp. seem to be fairly adaptable to hosts regardless of the plant they are on. That is, a cecid feeder will likely attack almost any cecid it finds without regard to plant, but it won't attack a cynipid."

 
Thank you.
Question 1: Are they all Torymidae, Torymus?
There are the bigger ones, more brilliantly metallic with the long ovipositor, and then the smaller, more numerous, and not so brilliantly metallic ones
Question 2: Do you know anyone who would want vials of parasitoids? I was just sorting through some of them and realized there are more than I can ever deal with, even as to photographing and posting on BG. I haven't had what it takes to toss them since they all represent time invested in the care and feeding of their hosts, usually moth larvae. I didn't always know the host but there are photographs and notations with dates.
Realistically, I doubt it.

 
Males
The smaller, more numerous ones are the males. Perhaps they seem less brilliantly metallic to you because of their smaller surface area. I am sure there are specialists who would be interested in having your specimens for the collections they curate.

Moved

Right…
This one, at least, is a torymid (subfamily Toryminae).

See reference here.

Comment viewing options
Select your preferred way to display the comments and click 'Save settings' to activate your changes.