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Trichogrammatid - Trichogramma - male
Copyright © 2013 Charley Eiseman

Trichogrammatid - Trichogramma - Male
Northfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA
October 15, 2013
Size: 0.4 mm
Three of these appeared in a vial in which four days earlier I had placed leaves of a goldenrod-like plant with agromyzid mines. I was unable to find the eggs from which these emerged--presumably leafhopper or some other insect that inserts eggs into plant tissue.

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Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 22 December, 2013 - 1:55pm
Last updated 23 December, 2013 - 5:52pm

Moved
Identified by Dr. John Pinto.

Moved from Trichogrammatidae.
… Bob Carlson, 23 December, 2013 - 5:52pm

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