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There were lots of these tiny wasps flying in a cluster over a patch of Rubus and white snakeroot, possibly a mating swarm

Sample from Malaise trap, Aranda, ACT, Australia, 23-30 September 2022

https://bugguide.net/node/view/465251

Sample from Malaise trap, Aranda, ACT, Australia, 13-20 May 2022

Sample from Malaise trap, Aranda, ACT, Australia, 13-20 May 2022

Sample from Malaise trap, Aranda, ACT, Australia, 13-20 May 2022

Sample from Malaise trap, Aranda, ACT, Australia, 27 May to 3 June 2022

Sample from Malaise trap, Aranda, ACT, Australia, 29 April to 6 May 2022

Sample from Malaise trap, Aranda, ACT, Australia, 22-29 April 2022

Ectoparasite on cf. Hypsosinga rubens, see https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/104954744

Found 1/14, pupated 2/1, emerged 2/9. Ruler is in mm.

Sample from Malaise trap, Aranda, ACT, Australia, 2-9 July 2021

Sample from Malaise trap, Aranda, ACT, Australia, 9-16 July 2021

Sample from Malaise trap, Aranda, ACT, Australia, 18-25 June 2021

Sample from Malaise trap, Aranda, ACT, Australia, 18-25 June 2021

Sample from Malaise trap, Aranda, ACT, Australia, 18-25 June 2021

Sample from Malaise trap, Aranda, ACT, Australia, 25 June to 2 July 2021

Sample from Malaise trap, Aranda, ACT, Australia, 25 June to 2 July 2021

Sample from Malaise trap, Aranda, ACT, Australia, 30 July to 6 August 2021

Sample from Malaise trap, Aranda, ACT, Australia, 30 July to 6 August 2021

Braconidae sp., Malaise trap 23-30 October 2020, Aranda, ACT, Australia

Sample from Malaise trap, Aranda, ACt, Australia, 12-19 March 2021

Sample from Malaise trap, Aranda, ACT, Ausralia, 21-28 May 2021

Sample from Malaise trap, Aranda, ACT, Australia, 28 May to 4 June 2021

Sample from Malaise trap, Aranda, ACT, Australia, 4-11 June 2021

Sample from Malaise trap, Aranda, ACT, Australia, 4-11 June 2021

Sample from Malaise trap, Aranda, ACT, Australia, 4-11 June 2021

Sample from Malaise trap, Aranda, ACT, Australia, 4-11 June 2021

Sample from Malaise trap, Aranda, ACT, Australia, 4-11 June 2021

Sample from Malaise Trap, Aranda, ACT, Australia, 11-18 June 2021

Sample from Malaise Trap, Aranda, ACT, Australia, 11-18 June 2021

Sample from Malaise trap, Aranda, ACT, 2614, 30 April to 7 May 2021

Found inside a rotten log alongside two sweat bees. Wing venation indicates Ichneumonidae.

Megastylus sp.?
Body length c.6mm.
Caught on inside window.

Caught in Malaise trap 20-28 September 2019, photos taken at California Academy of Sciences. Female braconid? Also posted to BG here:
https://bugguide.net/node/view/1750524

Caught in Malaise trap 20-28 September 2019, photos taken at California Academy of Sciences. Orthocentrinae?

Caught in Malaise trap 14-20 September 2019, photo taken at California Academy of Sciences.

Caught in Malaise trap 7-14 September 2019, photo taken at California Academy of Sciences. Metopiinae?

Caught in Malaise trap 26 Jul - 3 Aug 2019, photo taken at California Academy of Sciences. Keys to Orthocentrus versus Metopiinae.

Caught in Malaise trap 3-10 August 2019, photos taken at California Academy of Sciences. Another Orthocentrus versus Metopiinae, I think.

Caught in Malaise trap 17-24 August 2019, photos taken at California Academy of Sciences.

Caught in Malaise trap 24-31 August 2019, photos taken at California Academy of Sciences. Tentative genus ID based on past specimens - might also be Metopiinae?

Caught in Malaise trap 26 Jul - 3 Aug 2019, photos taken at California Academy of Sciences. Keys to Ichneumoninae, but doesn't look right, very curved head and projecting clypeus.

6 mm