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Figitidae (family)
Roughly 2-3 millimeters in length.
On a hackberry leaf. Native habitat at the zoo is mixed conifer forest with some Gambel's oak, aspen, chokecherry, alder....
Figitids are related to gall wasps but are parasitic in their larval stages on other insects, especially flies.
Spotted on May 10, 2012
Submitted on Jan 10, 2014
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