Thread subject: Diptera.info :: What species is this?

Posted by rob1619 on 17-06-2008 17:45
#1
Found this fella late afternoon and wonder what species it is...thanks!

Posted by rob1619 on 17-06-2008 17:46
#2
More pics

Posted by rob1619 on 17-06-2008 17:47
#3
And the last pic.

Posted by ChrisR on 17-06-2008 20:26
#4
Looks like an evanoid wasp - perhaps Evania sp. ... but I'll let other more experienced people confirm or deny that Smile

Posted by Gerard Pennards on 17-06-2008 20:36
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Yes, quite right, this should be Evania sp.!
Greetings

Posted by ChrisR on 17-06-2008 22:18
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The evanoids are some of my favourite wasps but I have never seen an Evania in the wild Sad We get plenty of Gasteruption spp. here and in fact I caught a really unusual one yesterday in my garden ... it is really tiny (8-9mm head to tip of abdomen) so I am hoping it is G. minutum Grin (looking good so far). It has the same strange way of sitting with its wings folded down between the gaster and hind legs too Smile
Edited by ChrisR on 17-06-2008 22:33