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 sweet tiny wasp
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| Sundew |
Posted on 24-05-2011 00:43
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 Member Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3890 Joined: 28.07.07 |
Hi, Isn't that little thing cute? Who knows this tiny wasp? Seen in Berlin in June 2010. Thanks, Sundew Sundew attached the following image:  [154.45Kb] |
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| Matt Bertone |
Posted on 24-05-2011 04:15
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Probably Eurytomidae. |
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| Sara21392 |
Posted on 24-05-2011 08:54
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I think Torymidae! 
Sincerely yours Sara |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 24-05-2011 10:56
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 Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7699 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Reminds me of a Megastigmus (Torymidae) ... were there Oaks (Quercus) nearby?
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| Matt Bertone |
Posted on 24-05-2011 18:10
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I stand corrected...I am pretty sure ChrisR is right on the genus |
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| Sundew |
Posted on 24-05-2011 23:29
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Member Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3890 Joined: 28.07.07 |
Many thanks to you all! I cannot remember oak presence, however, they are quite ubiquitous (though most of them suffer badly from oak decline). So we have a good name for our little beauty. |
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