This species began ovipositing on our old spruce stump in 2018 and continued to do so each spring for the next five years or so. I haven't seen any on the stump in the last few years, probably because the beetle larvae it parasitized are no longer present there. The spruce tree was removed in 2012, so Xoriddes were attracted to it from five to ten years after the stump was created.
Here is a photo of one ovipositing that I took on 24 May 2018.
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This species began ovipositing on our old spruce stump in 2018 and continued to do so each spring for the next five years or so. I haven't seen any on the stump in the last few years, probably because the beetle larvae it parasitized are no longer present there. The spruce tree was removed in 2012, so Xoriddes were attracted to it from five to ten years after the stump was created.
Here is a photo of one ovipositing that I took on 24 May 2018.
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Xorides californicus
Taxonomy
Subclass:
Pterygota (Winged and Once-winged Insects)
Suborder:
Apocrita (Narrow-waisted Wasps, Ants, and Bees)
No lower level information
