Life On A Quarter Acre

Genus Trichomma

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Darwin wasps from the subfamily Anomaloninae and tribe Gravenhorstiini are common in the yard in the early spring. One has been identified as Trichomma sp.

"If surfaces of the eyes have minute hairs, and if the eyes are strongly convergent so that the face is much narrower at the top of the clypeus than at the level of the antennal sockets, this would be Trichomma." — Bob Carlson BugGuide