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Haltichellinae
About 8mm long. Hook femurs. Narrow waisted. Bent antennae?
In a local nature reserve.
Rotten photo sorry. Some similarity to this http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/235... ??
http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:b...
Spotted on Aug 10, 2014
Submitted on Aug 20, 2014
4 Comments
Thanks so much John. I'm pleased I recognised the femurs then. Sorry it flew off.
Hi Mark
Definitely chalcidoid wasp - in the family Chalcididae. Note the swollen hind legs which are characteristic of this family (although a few things in other families have them as well). This is in the subfamily Haltichellinae - can't tell much more than that without being able to see a few other characters.
This would be a parasitoid of some other insect.
Thanks Martin. It looks a good lead.
Check this critter http://bugguide.net/node/view/16408
They might be responsible for these galls
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/143...