parasitic wasp? Sitka County, Alaska, USA July 29, 2014 Size: ~3mm
More than 25 of these were in the container with the presumed egg case. I have not seen anything else emerge, but perhaps these are just quicker than whatever laid the eggs? I'm also curious because it seems like it would be very difficult for one of these wasps to access the eggs to parasitize them, given how dense the case was.
Images of this individual: tag all Contributed by Matt Goff on 4 August, 2014 - 3:09am Last updated 1 December, 2014 - 12:53pm |