No worries. I suspect that it is one of the wasps associated with figs (not too many others have an ovipositor that long). Probably not the true fig wasp - but one of the parasitoids or other associates.
Hi Jordi This is some type of chalcid wasp (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chalcid_was... I can't tell the family for sure - but with that long beautiful ovipositor sticking out the back it can't be too many things.
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No worries. I suspect that it is one of the wasps associated with figs (not too many others have an ovipositor that long). Probably not the true fig wasp - but one of the parasitoids or other associates.
Thanks John, very helpful
Hi Jordi
This is some type of chalcid wasp (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chalcid_was...
I can't tell the family for sure - but with that long beautiful ovipositor sticking out the back it can't be too many things.