Side view of a tiny yellow wasp. Its head has large red eyes, and is to the right of picture. There are grey stripes across the wasp's back. Paddle shaped wings are held vertically above body.
A 0.3mm long female Trichogramma sp wasp found 2.5.2023 in Brede High Woods.
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Side view of a tiny yellow wasp. Its head has a large red eye and is to the right of picture. It has paddle shaped wings held vertically above body.
A 0.3mm long female Trichogramma sp wasp found 28.10.2024 in the garden birch tree. Unusually, females of this genus are almost impossible to get to species. Identification is done from the male.
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Side view of a tiny brown wasp. Its head is to the right of picture, and it has a large red eye and yellow antennae. Paddle shaped wings are held vertically above body and have an iridescent sheen.
A 0.6mm long female Mirufens longicauda wasp of the Trichogrammatidae found 19.7.2023 in the garden birch tree.
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View looking down on a tiny wasp with wings outstretched. The wasp's head and yellow antennae are to the top of picture. Its body is brown with a couple of yellow patches. The paddle-shaped clear wings have rows of hairs along each wing disc.
A 0.8mm long female Ufens hirticornis wasp of the Trichogrammatidae found 1.8.2023 in Brede High Woods.
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Side view of a tiny wasp. Its bright yellow head with a large red eye is to the left of picture.Its body is predominantly a smoky grey colour. Its wings are held vertically above the body; they are paddle-shaped with long fringe hairs, and they have a smoky area at their bases.
A beautiful 0.5mm long Uscana princeps wasp of the Trichogrammatidae found 5.9.2023 at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve.
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side view of a yellow wasp with paddle-shaped wings held over body, its head with large red eye is to the left of picture
A 0.9mm long female Chaetostricha similis wasp of the Trichogrammatidae found 10.8.2025 in the garden birch tree.
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View from above of a bright yellow wasp against a dark background. Its head and antenna are to the top of picture. Its fringed wings are held out to either side of the wasp.
A beautiful Oligosita nudipennis wasp of the Trichogrammatidae found 20.8.2025 in the garden birch tree. Love those wing fringes!
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Side view of a tiny yellow-grey wasp. Its head and antennae are to the upper left. Ovipositor is at the bottom of picture. Fringed narrow wings are to the upper right.
A 0.22mm long female Megaphragma noyesi wasp of the Trichogrammatidae found 28.8.2025 in the old meadow at Great Dixter.
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Side view of a tiny yellow wasp. Its head and antennae are to the left of picture. Its head has a large bright red eye. Clear, paddle-shaped fringed wings are held vertically above body.
A 0.8mm long female Paracentrobia pulchella wasp of the Trichogrammatidae found 15.5.2025 on the saltmarsh at Rye Harbour. This is a very common species around the Nature Reserve, with large populations throughout the summer.
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Side view of a tiny wasp; its head and antennae are at the top left of picture, its long-fringed narrow wings are to the right
A beautiful 0.22mm long female Megaphragma noyesi parasitoid wasp of the Trichogrammatidae found 29.7.2025 in the old meadow at Great Dixter.
Very pleased with the detail in this picture, probably the best one of this species thus far.
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Side view of a tiny yellow wasp, it is facing to the right, its head has large black eyes and there are pointed antennae on top of the head. The wasp has blade-like wings with very long fringe hairs held above the body.
A beautiful 0.22mm long female Megaphragma noyesi wasp of the Trichogrammatidae found 14.8.2025 in the old meadow at Great Dixter.
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View from above of a tiny wasp with disproportionately small wings. Head and antennae are to the right of picture.
A brachypterous male Oligosita sp wasp of the Trichogrammatidae found at Great Dixter.
Every year several of these brachypters are found and it is impossible to determine species. Would be good to sequence the DNA in order to work out exactly what they are.
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View from above of a tiny yellow wasp with black marks on either side of its body. The head and antennae are to the top of picture, with the antennae having a shaded stripe look. Wings are outstretched and have long fringe hairs and a strong black blob in their middle.
A beautiful 0.4mm long male Epoligosita nudipennis wasp of the Trichogrammatidae found in birch on 20.8.2025.
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long fringed wings of a tiny wasp, forewing and hindwing
Forewing and hindwing of the 0.22mm long Megaphragma noyesi wasp in image above. You can see the hamuli (hooks) that link the forewing to the hindwing.
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Side view of a tiny yellow wasp with long-fringed wings held vertically above body, its head has a large black eye and is facing to the right
A beautiful 0.22mm long female Megaphragma noyesi wasp of the Trichogrammatidae found in the old meadow at Great Dixter this morning.
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A dark yellow tiny wasp with black bands on the abdomen, it has a fringed wing with dark shading in the middle, its head and antennae are to the left of picture
Most likely a strongly marked form of Pseudoligosita nigripes, this female wasp of the Trichogrammatidae was a challenge to identify. Found on the fourth of September under pines in Brede High Woods.
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Small dark-bodied wasp with part shaded wings held above body, its head and antennae are to the right. On the far right of picture is a tiny yellow wasp with narrow wings with a long fringe, the tiny wasp is also facing to the right.
A 0.8mm long male Centrodora amoena wasp of the Aphelinidae next to a female Megaphragma noyesi wasp of the Trichogrammatidae. Both were found in the old meadow at Great Dixter this morning.
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A very small orange wasp with long spindly legs and antennae, and remarkable spoon-shaped half-shaded fringed wings on long stalks. Beneath the orange wasp is the tiniest wasp, yellow bodied and black eyed, it has blade-like fringed wings. Both wasps are facing to the right of picture.
A beautiful female Mymar pulchellum parasitoid wasp of the Mymaridae standing over a tiny female Megaphragma noyesi parasitoid wasp of the Trichogrammatidae. They were both found in the old meadow at Great Dixter this morning. Wasps are wondrous!
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tiny yellow wasp with black markings along its sides, head and antennae are to the left, fringed wings are held at 60 degrees above body
A male Oligosita pallida parasitoid wasp of the Trichogrammatidae found in the garden birch tree.
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two tiny yellow wasps with fringed wings, both are facing to the left of picture
A pair of female Epoligosita nudipennis parasitoid wasps of the Trichogrammatidae found in the garden birch tree today. Love the length of wing fringe!
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View looking down on a reduced wing tiny yellow wasp with grey areas on the head thorax and striped abdomen. Head and antennae are to the right of picture.
A fine example of brachyptery on this 0.4mm long Oligosita acestes wasp of the Trichogrammatidae found in the old meadow at Great Dixter today.
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tiny yellow wasp with black markings on the upper side of its body, yellow head with bright red eye is to the left of picture, clear paddle-shaped wings are held vertically above body
A beautiful female Chaetostricha similis parasitoid wasp of the Trichogrammatidae found in the garden birch tree this morning.
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tiny yellow-ish wasp with flamboyantly fringed wings, its head and antennae are to the left of picture
One of three beautiful 0.22mm long female Megaphragma noyesi wasps found in the old meadow at Great Dixter this morning. These tiny wasps are parasitoids of the eggs of thrips, but we don't yet know which species. There is always more to discover!
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tiny wasp with long wing fringes, its head and antennae are to the right
A beautiful 0.22mm long female Megaphragma noyesi parasitoid wasp of the Trichogrammatidae found in the old meadow at Great Dixter this morning.
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tiny yellow wasp with shaded grey banding, its paddle-shaped wings are held vertically over body, and its head with a bright red eye is to the right of picture
A 0.8mm long female Chaetostricha dimidiata wasp of the Trichogrammatidae found in Brede High Woods today.
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dark yellow wasp with dull grey markings and a bright red eye, its paddle-shaped wings are held vertically above body and have some shading at their base, they also have rows of tiny hairs on each wing surface
A male Chaetostricha sp parsitoid wasp of the Trichogrammatidae found in the garden birch tree today.
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tiny yellow wasp with dark smudge markings and a bright red eye, its paddle shaped wings are held vertically over the body and have a dark spot on the clear fringed wing, head and antennae are to the right of picture
One of eighteen beautiful 0.8mm long Paracentrobia pulchella parasitoid wasps of the Trichogrammatidae found on the saltmarsh at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve yesterday. These are the first Trichos of this year and are a welcome find.
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Face of a tiny pale yellow wasp.To either side of the face are large black eyes, and at the top of the head are three dark circles that are ocelli. To either side of the lower face emerge the antenna that come out and downwards, these are grey and white striped and culminate in a pointed tip. Between the antennae is the tiny wasp's mouth showing two teeth on each mandible
Face of a 0.4mm long female Epoligosita nudipennis parasitoid wasp of the Trichogrammatidae found 21.9.2024 in the garden birch tree.
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bright yellow tiny wasp with clear paddle-shaped wings held above body, red-eyed head and antennae are to the right of picture
A beautiful female Chaetostricha similis parasitoid wasp of the Trichogrammatidae found 27.8.2024 in the garden birch tree when it was much warmer than today.
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tiny yellow wasp with yellow-grey legs and head, paddle-shaped fringed wings are held above body, head and antennae are to the left of picture
A 0.6mm long female Oligosita engelharti parasitoid wasp of the Trichogrammatidae found 30.8.2024 on the shingle at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve.
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