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 parasitic wasps, Chalcidoidea.
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| Jim Senn |
Posted on 27-02-2021 20:25
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Member Location: Badem, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany Posts: 596 Joined: 21.01.21 |
Photos 15 May 2014, Badem, RLP, Germany. These insects are 2-3mm long. These are parasites of an Apamea species caterpillar that I had hoped to watch metamorph. I have been unable to decide if they are parasitic flies or wasps. There were hundreds of them that emerged from one caterpillar. (I have a second Apamea caterpillar from 2017 that seems to have been parasitized by the same species.)
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| Jim Senn |
Posted on 27-02-2021 20:26
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Member Location: Badem, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany Posts: 596 Joined: 21.01.21 |
Second photo.
Jim Senn attached the following image:  [95.66Kb] Edited by Jim Senn on 27-02-2021 20:30 |
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 27-02-2021 21:02
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 Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 13910 Joined: 11.09.04 |
Hello, parasitic wasps, Chalcidoidea. Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |
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| Jim Senn |
Posted on 27-02-2021 21:29
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Member Location: Badem, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany Posts: 596 Joined: 21.01.21 |
Thanks. I'll start searching for wasps that attack Apamea caterpillars. |
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| Ectemnius |
Posted on 27-02-2021 21:36
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Member Location: The Netherlands Posts: 846 Joined: 22.11.11 |
It looks very much like Encyrtidae, judging by the shape of the head and the strong middle legs... |
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| Jim Senn |
Posted on 04-03-2021 15:38
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Member Location: Badem, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany Posts: 596 Joined: 21.01.21 |
Thanks. |
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