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Parasitoids Identification

SARE Outreach
2005 | 128 pages
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Manage Insects Cover featuring pictures of a field and different pollinators

Key to Major Beneficials and Pests

Parasitoids

Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae
A close up of an insect with red eyes.
Pteromalid ecto-parasitoid
(Catolaccus grandis)
Photo by Scott Bauer, USDA ARS		Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae
A parasitoid bug on a green leaf
Ichneumonid wasp
(Glypta spp.)
Photo by Edward Holsten
Hymenoptera: Scelionidae
Scelionid wasp with black antennas and body and yellow legs
Scelionid wasp 
Photo by Richard Leung		Hymenoptera: Eulophidae
Eulophid wasp with a brown body and wings
Eulophid wasp
Photo by Richard Leung
Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae
Chalcid wasp with red eyes and yellow legs
Chalcid wasp
Photo by Richard Leung		Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae
Encyrtid wasp with white and black antennas
Encyrtid wasp
Photo by Richard Leung
Hymenoptera: Braconidae
Braconid wasp with a brown body
Braconid wasp
(Peristenus digoneutis)
Photo by Scott Bauer, USDA ARS		Diptera: Tachinidae
Tachinid fly with red eyes and yellow and black body with green leaf
Tachinid fly 
Photo by Debbie Roos