Side view of a tiny brown wasp. Its head and antennae are to the left of picture, its ovipositor is pointing to the right. Wings with shaded bands are held above the body.

A female Chartocerus subaeneus wasp of the Signiphoridae found 29.7.2025 in the old meadow at Great Dixter.
It was very good year for Signiphorid wasps.

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View looking directly at the head and antennae of a tiny wasp. This is a slide mounted image. The circular brown part is the head, with large black eyes either side. The two small pale circles at the bottom of the head are the toruli out of which emerge the antennae. Between the toruli are the mandibles.

Looking at the face of a Thysanus ater wasp of the Signiphoridae.

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a tiny black wasp; its head and antennae are to the right of picture, and its fringed wing is held diagonally above body, the clear wing has two shaded areas

A very handsome female Chartocerus subaeneus parasitoid wasp of the Signiphoridae found in the old meadow at Great Dixter on a much better day than today. It has been a good year for Signiphoridae hereabouts.

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A very dark brown tiny wasp with banded shaded fringed wings held vertically above body, its head and antennae are to the right of picture

One of three 0.6mm long Thysanus ater wasps of the Signiphoridae (2 male, 1 female) found in the old meadow at Great Dixter this morning. This species is a secondary parasite of armored scale insects. The antennal club is remarkable.

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tiny black wasp with grey and white banded wings held above body, its head and antennae are to the right

A 0.7mm long female Chartocerus subaeneus parasitoid wasp of the Signiphoridae found in the old meadow at Great Dixter this morning. Very rarely find any of this family.

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