Colin PurringtonApr 24, 2025
Anyone good at identifying small wasps from photographs? I could use some help on this iNaturalist observation from 2018. Might be Nealiolus or Aliolus ... or something else entirely. @bugid #inaturalist #wasp #hymenoptera #braconid #braconidae #insects #entomology
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/14744462
Braconid Wasps (Family Braconidae)

Braconid Wasps from Villanova, PA, USA on July 24, 2018 at 12:25 PM by Colin Purrington. This wasp was ovipositing into a Berkeley's polypore that had a dozen or so *Diaperis maculata* o...

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John Reed PavanJun 21, 2022

A braconid wasp. These are one of the families of parasitic wasps. Never trust anything with an ovipositor.

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