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23-01-2009, 06:15 PM
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| | | Parasitic wasp
I found these images that i took in 2007, i cant remember if i posted them here before.
It was one of the strangest things i`ve seen, regarding insect behaviour.
The parasitic wasp had the ability to fold its wings up, with the aid of an appendage on its abdomen .
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23-01-2009, 06:18 PM
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| | | Re: Parasitic wasp
That's amazing I wonder what the purpose of that is?
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23-01-2009, 06:23 PM
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| | | Re: Parasitic wasp
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Originally Posted by Action_Man  The parasitic wasp had the ability to fold its wings up, with the aid of an appendage on its abdomen | Very interesting stuff - except that it's a "Fly" (Dipteran) imho 
Would be interesting to ask around about the wings on diptera.info when the site is back on-line 
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23-01-2009, 07:21 PM
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| | | Re: Parasitic wasp
Well all this time i thought it was a Wasp .
Thanks Arp ! ... |
23-01-2009, 07:28 PM
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23-01-2009, 08:07 PM
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| | | Re: Parasitic wasp
Any chance you can crop the first picture and get a close up of it. I have my suspicions. |
23-01-2009, 08:25 PM
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| | | Re: Parasitic wasp
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Originally Posted by Action_Man | That does look like yours 
To be quite honest I should probably not say a thing about Diptera & Hymenotpera etc. just too much of a nincompoop with those (hence the "imho"), but the head shape and small antennae really do make it look like a Dipteran to me. Having said that, I can't really see the the little knobby wing replacements 
Anything I seem to find about "Aphidiidae" suggests those should be Braconids (??) and all I've ever seen of those is with quite distinctly "waspy" long antennae ... 
Let's see what DH suspects 
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23-01-2009, 08:28 PM
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| | | Re: Parasitic wasp
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Originally Posted by Pudding4brains Let's see what DH suspects
Cheers, Arp | Im Suspecting this is a Pteromalid. Hymenopteran
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23-01-2009, 08:32 PM
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| | | Re: Parasitic wasp
DH those are the only images i have i`m afraid, sorry ... |
23-01-2009, 08:40 PM
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| | | Re: Parasitic wasp
I think I have found a likely suspect, which is Aphelinus albipodus.
Found on the page linked below. Soybean Aphid Biological Control
Which would make it a Chalcid wasp ? ...
Last edited by Action_Man; 23-01-2009 at 08:42 PM.
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