Chalcidoidea (superfamily)
A gall wasp or Chalcid wasp at Forde, ACT
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| Chalcidoidea (superfamily) | SimoneC | 3 Jan 2025 | |
| Unverified | TimL | 3 Jan 2025 |
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User's notes
These images show one of the parasitic wasps covered under previous sighting 4634548. This wasp was probing one of the large egg sacs. It was the wasp located on its own at middle right of the second image of sighting 4634548.
3 comments
3 Jan 2025
Possibly Encyrtidae. The genus Fulgoridicida attack eggs of Eurybrachidae (Naumann, I.D. 1991. Hymenoptera, Chapter 42 in 'Insects of Australia', 2nd ed.)
4 Jan 2025
Thanks Kim, I can’t find a good image of Fulgoridicida, I based my tenuous suggestion on this ALA record, https://biocache.ala.org.au/occurrences/4a4e0993-793a-42eb-affd-ade0cabb188c
Location information
- Coordinates 149.159817-35.168553
- Altitude 663.2m
- Maps Mulligans Flat
- Places Forde, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 28 Dec 2024 11:14 AM Recorded on
- TimL Recorded by
- Less than 5mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Collections
- TimL Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Chalcidoidea (superfamily) Parasitic wasps (numerous families) Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) Insects
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
- External link More information
Record quality
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6 / 7
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- Verified by an expert moderator
- GPS evidence of location
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species