Sep 23, 2019
This is picture 7 from a 12 picture invited series by Matt Buffington ([email protected]) at the USDA Parastitic Hymentoptera group using specimens from the U.S. Natural History Museum Smithsonian. Matt uses a system very similar to ours to photograph and stack this super tiny wasp. This specimen of Oberthuerella lenticularis is in the USNM, and is over 100 years old! Â Native to Madagascar, we don't know what it uses its long ovipositor for, but we are sure its unpleasant for the recipient!
