View from above of a black wasp with wings outstretched

Side view of a black wasp, its head and antennae are to the left of picture

View from above of the scutellum of a black wasp

A female Kleidotoma nigra wasp of the Figitidae, Eucoilidae, found at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve yesterday.

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side view of a shiny black wasp with orange legs

A handsome male Trybliographa gracilicornis wasp of the Eucoilidae, Figitidae found under pine trees in Brede High Woods.

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Looking down on a black wasp that is facing to the right, it has a shiny black body with buff coloured dense hair covering the join between thorax and abdomen

Side view of a shiny black wasp that is facing to the right

view from below of a shiny black wasp with its wings outstretched, head is at the top of picture

A beautiful female Trybliographa rapae wasp of the Figitidae, Eucoilidae, found this morning in the old meadow at Great Dixter.

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lateral view of a small black wasp with wings held vertically above, head and antennae are to the right

dorsal view of the thorax of a small black wasp showing the scutellar cup

lateral view of small black wasp showing hair density at pronotum, propodeum and gaster

A female Chrestosema antennale wasp of the Figitidae, Eucoilidae found on the shingle at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve. These are not easy to identify!

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shiny black wasp with a dense ring of golden hair at the base of abdomen, head is to the left of picture

A beautiful Kleidotoma ciliaris wasp of the Figitidae found under pine in Brede High Woods.

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