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Chalcid Wasp (Chalcis sp) (1/2)
Hymenoptera: Chalcidae
Chalcis sp
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© Vik Dunis 2016
Malvern East, VIC (Apr, 2016)
Common Names
- Chalcid Wasp
Look at Those Legs!
Well, the back ones anyway. Huge femurs, like melons, and the tibias are bent like bananas!
This little wasp is only half a centimetre long, and despite my fruity description is beneficial in that it parasitises flies.
 02.jpg "Vik: Chalcid Wasp (Chalcis sp) - 30/04/2016")
Look at Those Legs!
 01.jpg "Vik: Chalcid Wasp (Chalcis sp) - 30/04/2016")
Chalcid Wasp