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Thread subject: Diptera.info :: parasitic wasps, Chalcidoidea.

Posted by Jim Senn on 27-02-2021 19:25

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.)

Edited by Jim Senn on 06-05-2021 12:45

Posted by Jim Senn on 27-02-2021 19:26

Second photo.

Edited by Jim Senn on 27-02-2021 19:30

Posted by Juergen Peters on 27-02-2021 20:02

Hello,

parasitic wasps, Chalcidoidea.

Posted by Jim Senn on 27-02-2021 20:29

Thanks. I'll start searching for wasps that attack Apamea caterpillars.

Posted by Ectemnius on 27-02-2021 20:36

It looks very much like Encyrtidae, judging by the shape of the head and the strong middle legs...

Posted by Jim Senn on 04-03-2021 14:38

Thanks.