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Wasp spin silk on Pentatomidae eggs

Neorileya sp., Eurytomidae, subfamily Rileyinae

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Investigations into the mystery of wasp spinning silk on eggs of Pentatomidae bedbugs: https://bugtracks.wordpress.com/2015/11/... Thanks, Charley

Notes:

Eggs with silk: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/177...

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6 Comments

Sckel
Sckel 8 years ago

Hi, John La Salle, thanks for all your attention to this wasp.

John La Salle
John La Salle 8 years ago

Hi Sckel
I sent this sighting through to a couple of colleagues who figure that the wasp is in the Eurytomidae, subfamily Rileyinae, genus Neorileya. So you can update your sighting to that genus.
Again - this is a very nice sighting and records a quite unusual and little known behaviour.

Sckel
Sckel 8 years ago

Hi, John, Charley update information

https://bugtracks.wordpress.com/

John La Salle
John La Salle 8 years ago

Sckel
You can always just send me an email if you want to ask something - my email is in my profile information. I don't always check Noah every day, so just send a message and I will go have a look. I am trying to get more information for you. - John

Sckel
Sckel 8 years ago

Thank you John, I was so anxious to have your opinion. I collected the eggs parasitized, but can not find someone to examine them for me. I'll take pictures when the adults emerge.

John La Salle
John La Salle 8 years ago

Sckel. This is a great sighting of a quite strange behaviour. I am not quite sure what to make of this - I have posted information about this sighting on a parasitic Hymenoptera list serve so I am hoping someone will come back with more information - which I will either pass along or maybe they will comment directly.

Sckel
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Sckel

ES, Brazil

Spotted on Nov 21, 2015
Submitted on Nov 21, 2015

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