Chalcidoidea (superfamily)

A gall wasp or Chalcid wasp at ANBG

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Identification history

	Chalcidoidea (superfamily)	15 May 2024	SimoneC
	Unverified	14 Jun 2021	TimL

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The small parasitic wasp was sighted persistently crawling over a 14 mm long scale insect it. Details of the scale insect are provided in sighting 4384491.

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MichaelBedingfield wrote:

15 Jun 2021

1st pic cropped in image editor to aid ID

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Location information

Coordinates 149.104625 -35.275198
Altitude 639.0m
Maps ANBG
Places Acton, ACT

Sighting information

1 Abundance
7 May 2021 01:14 PM Recorded on
TimL Recorded by
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Insects Parasitic wasps (numerous families) Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) TimL Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Additional information

Less than 5mm Animal size

Species information

Chalcidoidea (superfamily) Scientific name
A gall wasp or Chalcid wasp Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 2063.3m Recorded at altitude
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