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parasitic wasps, Chalcidoidea.
Jim Senn
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 Photos 15 May 2014, Badem, RLP, Germany. These insects are 2-3mm long. These are parasites of an Apamea species caterpillar that I had hoped to watch metamorph. I have been unable to decide if they are parasitic flies or wasps. There were hundreds of them that emerged from one caterpillar. (I have a second Apamea caterpillar from 2017 that seems to have been parasitized by the same species.)
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parasitic wasps, Chalcidoidea.
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 Thanks. I'll start searching for wasps that attack Apamea caterpillars.
 
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 It looks very much like Encyrtidae, judging by the shape of the head and the strong middle legs...
 
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 Thanks.
 
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