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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Platygastroidea » Platygastridae » Platygastrinae » Inostemma
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Wasp with growth? - Inostemma - female
Copyright © 2013 nnasseri

Wasp with growth? - Inostemma - Female
Sinton, San Patricio County, Texas, USA
August 13, 2013
Size: ~3mm
I believe this is Eupelmidae, if I am wrong please correct me. Also, what is the growth coming from it's back? It is coming from it's petiole. Could it be cordyceps, although don't think it is found in TX. Any help would be helpful!

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Contributed by nnasseri on 17 December, 2013 - 3:18am
Last updated 1 January, 2014 - 9:46pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 1 January, 2014 - 9:47pm login or register to post comments

Pertinent Biology Post
How the Wasp Got Her Handle.
… Bob Carlson, 17 December, 2013 - 4:00pm login or register to post comments

please edit to fill in the sighting date
… v belov, 17 December, 2013 - 8:50am login or register to post comments

Platygastridae
The horn is for the ovipositor, could be the genus Inostemma, if that is still a valid name.
… RMEvans, 17 December, 2013 - 6:56am login or register to post comments

 
RM Evans is correct
Family Platygstridae, genus Inostemma. That "growth" is where the female's retracted ovipositor is housed.
… Bob Zuparko, 17 December, 2013 - 9:56am login or register to post comments

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