Resolved: NOT!!! -Is this our good friend, the fig wasp???

[Go0seTrails]

Hello All,
I was wondering if anyone with knowledge of the fig wasp could confirm if this is one?

Thank you!

edit: RESOLVED. It is most definitely not a fig wasp. Thank you all for the replies!!!

[JR]

No sir! This is not a fig wasp.

[Fishninja]

That does not appear to be a fig wasp. Looks more like a deformed mosquito. I'm sure somebody else has a good picture of a fig wasp. Probably Evdurtschi would have one.

[Kid Fig]

It's a mudwasp. They're here in my area. It should be around about an inch and a half in length, correct?

They're actually passive; even if one were to be flying around you they're just collecting mud for their mud hive.

[oat]

no, it's not.

[JR]

@Go0seTrails

Here you have true fig wasps hatching from a Profichi Caprifig , getting rid of the excess load of pollen (spread over the top surface of the fruit) and just before flying off to caprificate nearby receptive figs... approx size, slightly above 1/16"



For your guidance check fig wasp life cycle in a circular graph and good for North and South Hemispheres..

life-cycle-blastophaga-psenes.pdf life-cycle-blastophaga-psenes.pdf

JR/ Portugal

[Go0seTrails]

Thank you so much for this, JR. super helpful!

[aliceinwl]

Tough to tell for sure without seeing the wing venation, but it looks like some type of Ichneumonid wasp. These commonly parasitize various Lepidoptera and beetle larvae.

[khuang]

It looks very similar to the parasite wasp that I saw on my tomato hornworm.