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unknown parasite in leaf-cutter bee nest - Monodontomerus - female
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unknown parasite in leaf-cutter bee nest - Monodontomerus - Female
Minneapolis; in abandoned Polistes nest occupied by leaf-cutter bees (pupae) found in factory district, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA
August 25, 2011
Size: 1-2mm (approximately)
We collected this leaf-cutter inhabited nest and, shortly after the bees emerged, these little critters came out in force! There were hundreds of them! I'm not sure if they emerged directly from the adult or immature bees.

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unknown parasite in leaf-cutter bee nest - Monodontomerus - female unknown parasite in leaf-cutter bee nest - Monodontomerus - female unknown parasite in leaf-cutter bee nest - Monodontomerus - female
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Contributed by PrettyPolistes on 8 July, 2014 - 11:14am
Last updated 8 July, 2014 - 3:40pm

Confirmed
Monodontomerus confirmed by my torymid contact.

Moved from ID Request.
… Bob Carlson, 8 July, 2014 - 3:39pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks very much! They had b
Thanks very much! They had been driving me crazy!
… PrettyPolistes, 8 July, 2014 - 3:49pm login or register to post comments

Torymid - Monodontomerus (female)…
These are pupal parasitoid specialists of bees (e.g. Megachile).

See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 8 July, 2014 - 11:21am login or register to post comments

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