Wasp banded wings 2mm

[ChrisR]

Originally Posted by JRsbugs

Another pic of the wasp I just posted

Certainly looks like an aphidiine to me - lots of segments in the antennae point to Ichneumonoidea

[ChrisR]

Originally Posted by JRsbugs

Thanks, I found a site with places to buy (very expensive ) and to borrow, mostly University libraries.

That's a pity ... but yeah, the cost of some of these specialist books is extremely high I bought mine from the Natural History Museum in London back in the days when the museum bookshop actually sold books that were worth buying, rather than just glossy coffee-table books and plastic dinosaurs

Blimey, I just looked at another book I have here - "Parasitic Wasps" by D. Quicke. I remember I bought it at about 70 quid and thought it was a bit steep (it is an excellent and very academic study of parasitic wasp biology & ecology) but now it's a laughable price of £190.40!!