detailed picture looking down on the metallic green head and thorax of a tiny wasp, head with large black eye is facing to the right of picture

The head and thorax of a tiny female Pediobius sp wasp of the Eulophidae family found this afternoon in the garden birch tree. Sometimes we need to take a moment to marvel at the wonders that are right before our eyes.

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An image of a petri dish with many tiny wasps scattered around

My "hatching Eulophids" project is going pretty well. A wave of Aprostocetus (I think, but not 100% confirmed) has just arrived. Host might be the Cecidomyiidae that hatched from the same sample earlier.
#entomology #eulophidae

Side view of a single insect pin, holding several tiny parasitic wasps, against a white background. Each dark wasp is attached to its own cream-colored card point; the card points are arranged radially on the pin. A white silken cocoon is underneath the stacked points and two insect labels are also visible.

Well, this certainly was a choice.

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#Macrophotography
#FocusStacking
#CurationFail
#Eulophidae
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Fabulous Astichus arithmeticus 🤩
One of my favorite chalcidoid wasps.
Using her ovipositor she's probing a bracket fungus for beetle larvae within and lays eggs into them so her larvae can feed on them 1/2
#hymenoptera #chalcidoidea #eulophidae #parasitoid #parasitoidwasp #macro #macrophotography

a metallic green wasp with red eyes and black antennae to the left of picture, clear wings have a dark shaded spot in their middle

A beautiful Chrysocharis gemma parasitoid wasp of the Eulophidae found on the garden bay tree this afternoon. One of very few micro-hymenoptera to be found at this time of year.

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small brown wasp with metallic green abdomen, and black antennae with white tips

A female Hemiptarsenus ornatus parasitoid wasp of the Eulophidae found on the saltmarsh at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve this morning.

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