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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Braconid and Ichneumonid Wasps (Ichneumonoidea) » Braconid Wasps (Braconidae) » Aphid Mummy Wasps (Aphidiinae)
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Aphid parasitoid wasp
Copyright © 2013 Randy Tindall

Aphid parasitoid wasp
Columbia, Boone County, Missouri, USA
May 17, 2013
Size: 1-2 mm
This little wasp was laying eggs on aphids. Many surrounding aphids had already been parasitized and were mummified, some with exit "hatches" wide open.

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Contributed by Randy Tindall on 15 June, 2013 - 6:05pm
Last updated 26 June, 2013 - 6:15pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

I separated the two species and cross-referenced them with thumbnails in the Remarks section.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 25 June, 2013 - 9:41pm login or register to post comments

Two Separate Species
Dr. Michael Sharkey agrees with me that you have two species, not just two individuals represented in these linked images.
… Bob Carlson, 15 June, 2013 - 9:00pm login or register to post comments

 
Wasps
I noticed after I posted these pictures that there were significant differences in two of the insects. Don't know how I missed it before.
… Randy Tindall, 15 June, 2013 - 10:44pm login or register to post comments

Aphidiinae…
Right. Adult braconids will emerge about two weeks after oviposition.

See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 15 June, 2013 - 6:08pm login or register to post comments

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