Scelionidae (family)
Scelionid wasp at Melba, ACT
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| Scelionidae (family) | MichaelMulvaney | 29 Aug 2024 | |
| Unverified | kasiaaus | 31 Jul 2024 |
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They were tiny. About 2mm.
6 comments
31 Jul 2024
I think they are tiny wasps. Possibly Family Scelionidae, subfamily Telenominae. I have a couple of them in a test tube in my fridge but I don't dare take them out for a better photo because I worry they will fly away. Any advice?
31 Jul 2024
Yes, wasps. Not sure what family without reading up on them and examining them - under a microscope.
31 Jul 2024
@KimberiRP Would you be interested in looking at the ones I have collected? Would anyone else be interested?
27 Aug 2024
@KimberiRP I have just added 4 photos of one of the frozen wasps that I took at home with my MPE65 lens. It was very hard. The whole house is shaking when you look at something that close ;-)
29 Aug 2024
@kasiaaus I think you are right about the family: Scelionidae. I can't suggest a subfamily, might be either Scelioninae or Telenominae; the former has over 500 Australian species and the latter nearly 100, and that's just the ones that are named.
https://tasmanianinsectfieldguide.com/hexapoda/insectsoftasmaniahymenoptera2/superfamily-platygastroidea/scelionidae/
https://tasmanianinsectfieldguide.com/hexapoda/insectsoftasmaniahymenoptera2/superfamily-platygastroidea/scelionidae/
Location information
- Coordinates 149.053090-35.205345
- Altitude 338.9m
- Places Melba, ACT
Sighting information
- 5 Abundance
- 30 Jul 2024 02:03 PM Recorded on
- kasiaaus Recorded by
- Less than 5mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Collections
- kasiaaus Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Scelionidae (family) Parasitic wasps (numerous families) Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) Insects
Species information
- Scelionidae (family) Scientific name
- Scelionid wasp Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- 338.9m to 637.9m Recorded at altitude
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