Tiny Wasp

Moved

Moved from "Parasitica" (parasitic Apocrita).

… v belov, 4 November, 2013 - 1:24pm

Thank you and this led me to

Thank you and this led me to some nice discussions about the life history of these wasps on some of your site pages. Very cool!
Jeanne

… jeanne dammarell, 4 November, 2013 - 1:53pm

Moved

Moved from ID Request.

… v belov, 21 October, 2013 - 9:11am

Family Figitidae, in the ...

... superfamily Cynipoidea. Probably a Eucoilinae, but I'm not certain I can see the scutellar cup that would confirm such an ID.

… Bob Zuparko, 17 October, 2013 - 5:58pm

I failed to relocate this was

I failed to relocate this wasp on repeated trips to the site but I have looked up Cynipoidea and note that they are generally associated with oak galls and then more rarely with wild rose and some compositae. I thought I should give you more site info. This is a scabland coulee habitat in the center of the sagebrush Columbia basin. Nearest oak habitat is hundreds of miles away. There are some wild rose and lots of composite flowers such as gaillardia and arrowleaf balsamroot. The dominant plant is big basin sagebrush, so I wonder if this wasp could be one of those that parasitizes the Sponge Gall Midge? I don't think it looks like the wasps shown on the Rhopalomiya page of UC Irvine, but I wondered if it could be another one that preys on these midge.
Thanks,
Jeanne

… jeanne dammarell, 31 October, 2013 - 9:23am

It is Eucoilinae

… twiztedminds, 17 October, 2013 - 6:46pm

Thank you! I will look throug

Thank you! I will look through photo files for an image that will give some detail to that area.
Jeanne

… jeanne dammarell, 17 October, 2013 - 6:41pm