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Cynipidae (family)
About 3 millimeters in body length, wingless.
Found on a rabbitbrush plant on zoo grounds. Surrounding natural habitat is mixed conifer forest with some Gambel's Oak, aspen, chokecherry.
Association with the host plant is often necessary to identify these tiny wasps.
Spotted on Nov 24, 2011
Submitted on Jan 10, 2014
