Asaphes vulgaris female

Asaphes vulgaris female

Asaphes vulgaris.

#Wasps #Hymenoptera #VC55 #Pteromalidae

Cyrtogaster vulgaris

Cyrtogaster vulgaris

Cyrtogaster vulgaris.

#wasps #Hymenoptera #VC55 #Pteromalidae

A very small wasp with a dark metallic green thorax, bright orange abdomen, and dark head with a red eye

A female Callitula pyrrhogaster wasp of the Pteromalidae found in the old meadow at Great Dixter this morning.

#UKWildlife #wasps #Pteromalidae #HighWeald

A left lateral view of a point-mounted parasitic wasp against a grey background. Most of the body is metallic; it's greenish blue on the head, gradually transitioning through blue and then purple on the abdomen. The apex of the abdomen is black and pointed. The legs are orange and the antennae are black. The wings are a bit smokey. The genus is Epistenia, and the species is probably coeruleata.

When I was a kid I walked uphill—both ways—to school...and this wasp was probably still in #Pteromalidae.

Now, of course, it’s in #Lyciscidae, according to this paper (with an AWESOME title):
jhr.pensoft.net/article/94263/

#BlueBugs
#BlueMonday
#FocusStacking
#NaturalHistoryCollections

Pteromalus sp. Presumably P. puparum.

Pteromalus sp. Presumably P. puparum.

Pteromalus sp. Presumably P. puparum.
More images (and text in Swedish) here:
utgangspunktnykarleby.blogspot.com/2024/01/pter...

#Invertebrate 🐙
#Hymenoptera 🦟
#Pteromalidae
#Biodiversity

Stenomalina micans (?)

Stenomalina micans (?)

Most probably Stenomalina micans.
Garden species # 781 (animals only) in my slow and unorganised "research".
More images (and text in Swedish) here:
utgangspunktnykarleby.blogspot.com/2024/01/sten...

#Invertebrate 🐙
#Hymenoptera 🦟
#Pteromalidae
#Biodiversity

Lamprotatus sp. Probably L. annularis.

Lamprotatus sp. Probably L. annularis.

#miscogasterinaemonday
Todays wasp going through the process of ID and documentation is this Lamprotatus... presumably L. annularis.
More images (text in Swedish) here:
utgangspunktnykarleby.blogspot.com/2024/01/lamp...

#Invertebrate 🐙
#Hymenoptera 🦟
#Pteromalidae
#Miscogasterinae
#Biodiversity

Stictomischus obscurus (?)

Stictomischus obscurus (?)

Gaah!! 😵‍💫🙄🫣
Twice astray among the couplets in Graham 1969.
But... in the end... Stictomischus through help from Pteromalidists.
More images (and text in Swedish)
utgangspunktnykarleby.blogspot.com/2024/01/stic...

#Invertebrate 🐙
#Hymenoptera 🦟
#Pteromalidae
#Miscogasterinae
#Biodiversity

Gastracanthus pulcherrimus, #Hymenoptera #Pteromalidae, female, Denny Wood, New Forest, 16.x.21. This pretty little parasitoid apparently attacks wood boring beetles such as Buprestidae.