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Chalcid Wasp
Wed 2010-08-11
A small Chalcid wasp, probably Sycophila biguttata (Hymenoptera: Eurytomidae, order Hymenoptera), on an oak leaf.
The black 'bar' across the wings is actually two black spots, one on each wing.
Initially, I thought this was the first time I had come across this species, but it turns out that I had actually seen one last November, see here.
Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2010-07-30.
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