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Emerged 25 Apr 2024. Original gall observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/185363470

Stem gall wasp on Pyrrhopappus grandiflorus

Observation for the adult. On Eucalyptus racemosa.

Came from leafmine of Phytomyza syngenesiae

Several wasps of both sexes roosting on hakea, grevillea and finica nodosa

8-10 mm long.

Little dude asked if he could borrow my eclipse glasses

Wasp going up and down old dead tree beside road.

black insect, red butt

Rose https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/144168110, gall https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/144168112, insect https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/144168113

I am hoping to get an ID on the wasp

Very small, but I didn't measure them. On a red maple leaf for scale.

Identified in the Diptera.info forum: https://diptera.info/forum/viewthread.php?thread_id=112720

Identified in the Diptera.info forum: https://diptera.info/forum/viewthread.php?thread_id=112720

Given the long antennae

On Takecallis arundinariae

Drama on the sea holly

Wasp galls on Mugwort

Get a room!

An extremely tiny wasp.

emerged from Diplolepis fusiformans gall.

Body length 2 mm. CF5041. Malaise trap collection.

wilkesu001810
@jastratford

Two wasps - one seemingly laying eggs in the tree's bark.

From seeds of Maytenus acuminata

Ovipositing in thistle flower bud

emerged from https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/198908816

Short, squat, almost rectangular. About 8mm long. Only managed the one photo before it buzzed off.

Too busy doing the thing to notice me

ovipositoring into a beetle's eggs, while the beetle is busy laying them
beetle: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/170302454

ANI-21-0641-hymeno1

OB for the leaf mine is here: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/50903808