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Photo#945175
Copyright © 2014
John Rosenfeld
Tiny Wasp -
Trichogramma
Allison Park, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA
June 11, 2014
Possibly the smallest wasp I've seen, well below 1mm.
Contributed by
John Rosenfeld
on 26 June, 2014 - 8:47am
J.D.Pinto says, "Impossible to go beyond genus confidently...
"...without genitalic study. Antennal setation and color is consistent with the common
T. pretiosum
but other species share these general features as well."
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v belov
, 26 June, 2014 - 10:18am
My hat is off
to those who can dissect something that small.
…
John Rosenfeld
, 26 June, 2014 - 10:27am
Moved
Moved from
Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies
.
…
John Rosenfeld
, 26 June, 2014 - 9:18am
Trichogramma…
Very nice, John. Among the smallest of insects, some less than 0.18mm in length.
See reference
here.
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Ross Hill
, 26 June, 2014 - 9:16am
It just happened to be in a vial
with another insect I captured. If it wasn't moving I never would have noticed it.
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John Rosenfeld
, 26 June, 2014 - 9:48am