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Chalcid Wasp
Podagrion sp.
33.0658, -117.068
Field Notes
Description:
Tiny female flying insect with an extended ovipositor (long tail) and toothed hind femora. I went to check on the Mantis egg sac and this little one was on it. It wouldn't fly away when I got the camera right up next to it. Unfortunately only one image was in focus :( The second image is the original image showing the size of it compared to the egg sac which is about 4 cm long.
Habitat:
On Mantis ootheca (egg sac) along Lake Hodges trail.
Notes:
Submitted to BugGuide - "Can't see some of the critical features in this image of a female, but the extended ovipositor, distinctive parapsidal sutures, toothed hind femora, and coincidental presence on a mantid egg case do suggest this genus. Only six known species that are mostly found in the southern half of the US. Nice find."
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