Posted by buggub on 10-07-2016 08:35
#1
Hi,
i found Heteroptera eggs with very small parasitoid wasp (2mm) just about to hatch. Is that a male waiting for the female to hatch and then mate with her? I noticed different antenna tip in female.
Found in Slovenia.
Thanks!
Posted by HDumas on 21-07-2016 09:48
#3
They look more like Scelionidae to me, probably
Trissolcus or
Telenomus. And yes, the male probably waits for emerging females to mate.
Trichogrammatidae have shorter antennae, metasoma broadly joined to propodeum etc.
Posted by ValerioW on 21-07-2016 11:01
#4
HDumas wrote:
They look more like Scelionidae to me, probably Trissolcus or Telenomus. And yes, the male probably waits for emerging females to mate.
Trichogrammatidae have shorter antennae, metasoma broadly joined to propodeum etc.
You cannot decipher abdomen'shape from these photos. While female, to me resemble a trichogrammatid, male is really different, and confirms your theory (especially that scelionid males stay near hemipteran eggs, ready to mate as they can) |t
Edited by ValerioW on 21-07-2016 11:04