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Platymischus dilatatus - Collage Stumbled on these older images while looking through my parasitoid wasps. Images are of the first record of this species for the Netherlands :o)<br /> A bit closer here:<br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/95757/platymischus_dilatatus_-_male.html" title="Platymischus dilatatus - Male"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3043/95757_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=WpDqj5yxs3FO4itDaTKvttLQar4%3D" width="200" height="150" alt="Platymischus dilatatus - Male Stumbled on these older images while looking through my parasitoid wasps. Images are of the first record of this species for the Netherlands :o)<br /> Collage here:<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/95758/platymischus_dilatatus_collage_finger4size_watw.html Apocrita,Diapriidae,Geotagged,Netherlands,Parasitoid wasp,Platymischus,Platymischus dilatatus,Proctotrupoidea" /></a></figure> Apocrita,Diapriidae,Geotagged,Netherlands,Parasitoid wasp,Platymischus,Platymischus dilatatus,Proctotrupoidea Click/tap to enlarge

Platymischus dilatatus - Collage

Stumbled on these older images while looking through my parasitoid wasps. Images are of the first record of this species for the Netherlands :o)
A bit closer here:

Platymischus dilatatus - Male Stumbled on these older images while looking through my parasitoid wasps. Images are of the first record of this species for the Netherlands :o)<br /> Collage here:<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/95758/platymischus_dilatatus_collage_finger4size_watw.html Apocrita,Diapriidae,Geotagged,Netherlands,Parasitoid wasp,Platymischus,Platymischus dilatatus,Proctotrupoidea

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The Platymischus dilatatus

Platymischus dilatatus is a small, wingless parasitoid wasp in the family Diapriidae. As a host for its larvae it uses the pupa of flies that live in rotting seaweed on the shoreline, such as Orygma luctuosa.

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Similar species: Wasps, Bees, Sawflies And Ants
Species identified by Pudding4brains
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Uploaded Jun 15, 2020. Captured in Dallingeweersterweg 31, 9947 TB Termunten, Netherlands.
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