Help with Insect ID please

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Johann
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Help with Insect ID please

#1 Post by Johann » Sat Mar 10, 2018 7:29 am

Hi All,

Hope someone can help me ID this insect.

It is very small - images shown are with 4x objective and it hatched from the eggs that can be seen in the first photo.
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Re: Help with Insect ID please

#2 Post by Johann » Sun Mar 11, 2018 8:31 am

After some research I believe this to be a Samurai wasp - which lays its eggs inside stinkbug eggs. The larvae kills the stink bug egg and a single adult wasp hatches from each egg.
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Re: Help with Insect ID please

#3 Post by 75RR » Sun Mar 11, 2018 8:47 am

Glad you found your answer.
Now that there is a name I found this link: https://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/sto ... /98593216/
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Re: Help with Insect ID please

#4 Post by Johann » Mon Mar 12, 2018 5:23 am

75RR wrote:Glad you found your answer.
Now that there is a name I found this link: https://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/sto ... /98593216/
Thanks for the link, it is very interesting and fascinating!
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