Donald Hobern · @dhobern
270 followers · 325 posts · Server scicomm.xyz
A selection of #insects from the #SLAM #Malaise trap I run in #Canberra for the week 3-10 February 2023.
#Fly: Austrotephritis pumila #Diptera #Tephritidae
Darwin #wasp: Anacis sp. female #Hymenoptera #Ichneumonidae
Click #beetle: Conoderus sp. (probably C. exsul)
Small wasp: #Encyrtidae sp.
https://stangeia.hobern.net/araba-bioscan-slam-3-10-february-2023/
#Entomology #Coleoptera #Elateridae #Hymenoptera #Ichneumonidae #Encyrtidae
#elateridae #coleoptera #entomology #encyrtidae #beetle #ichneumonidae #Hymenoptera #wasp #tephritidae #diptera #fly #canberra #malaise #slam #insects
Sam Thomas · @sjthomasbotany
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Found this tiny wasp with a bicoloured scutellum while sorting a sample of flies. Seems to be a #Encyrtidae Perhaps Encyrtus infidus a parasitoid of Parthenolecanium scale insects ?