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Megastigmus sp.
A very small female wasp checking out some eucalyptus leaf galls. Ovipositor looks right length for this project. Loved the intense orange eyes too. The wasp is about 3-4mm body length. (beyond my cam sorry)
In a local nature reserve.
Thanks John La Salle for direction.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/69610519@N...
http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:b...
Spotted on Mar 3, 2015
Submitted on Mar 10, 2015
5 Comments
John La Salle if you see this message could you please have a look at Chun's spotting here http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/171... Thank you.
lovely!!
Yes, cute.
I'll give you that.
Great thanks John. She was really determined and totally ignored my clumsiness. Made me want a real camera though.
Hi Mark
Family Torymidae, genus Megastigmus
These are quite cute.
Often associated with galls - and lots of species which are difficult to identify.