Pteromalidae sp.♀︎

Last update: 4 July 2020
garden
species

LOCATION: Krimpen aan den IJssel, garden

OBSERVATION:
2020-VI-152020-VI-14


I found this shiny miniscule wasp drowned in the wheelbarrow. It is a chalcid wasp (CHALCIDOIDAE) from the family PTEROMALIDAE (det. Paul Hoekstra).

A female. She is entirely metallic blue-green and measures 2mm in length. I haven’t been able to find a name yet so it remains nameless in the collection for now.

Pteromalidae sp. ♀︎
Pteromalidae sp. ♀︎
Pteromalidae sp. ♀︎
Pteromalidae sp. ♀︎
Pteromalidae sp. ♀︎
Pteromalidae sp. ♀︎
Pteromalidae sp. ♀︎

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