butterfly parasites

[LaGasa, Eric]

In response to Richard Worth's questions on parasitoid identification, I'm
surprised no one has yet posted the URL for Dr. Mike Sharkey's fantastic
identification key to the Subfamilies and Genera of New World Braconidae.
For what I think is a vision of the future format of this kind of
identification resources, check out the Interactive Identification Keys on
Dr. Sharkey's home Page at http://www.uky.edu/~mjshar0/
<http://www.uky.edu/~mjshar0/> 
 
Also, large parts of Gibson, G.A.P., Huber, J.T., and Woolley, J.B. (eds.)
1997. Annotated Keys to the Genera of the Nearctic Chalcidoidea
(Hymenoptera) is posted in an interactive format to a great Agriculture
Canada web site at http://res.agr.ca/ecorc/isbi/hym/chalhom.htm
<http://res.agr.ca/ecorc/isbi/hym/chalhom.htm> 

Eric LaGasa 
State Entomologist 
Laboratory Services Division 
Washington State Department of Agriculture 
P.O. Box 42560 
Olympia, Washington  98504-2560 
(360) 902-2063 
elagasa at agr.wa.gov 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Worth [mailto:rworth at oda.state.or.us]
Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2000 10:44 AM
To: bbeards at ix.netcom.com
Cc: leps-l at lists.yale.edu
Subject: Re: butterfly parasites



Brian, 


In addition to having tachinid flies and ichneumonid and braconid wasps, you
may find that you have some wasps in the superfamily Chalcidoidea. This is a
group of several families of very small wasps with very simplified wings
(little venation). Some are parasitoid specialists on various leps. One new
book that I know of for this group is: 


Gibson, G.A.P., Huber, J.T., and Woolley, J.B. (eds.) 1997. Annotated Keys
to the Genera of the Nearctic Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera). NRC Research
Press, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. 794pp. 


I haven't actually used this yet, so I don't know how tough it is. Hope it
helps. Good luck. 


Richard 



Greetings all, 

I have been raising leps for a few years now and have acquired quite a 

few parasites (various Diptera and Hymenoptera I believe) that emerge from 

the caterpillars and pupae. It's time I try to identify them. The searches 

I have run so far are a bit disappointing. Can anyone point me to the books 

I am looking to read? I live in the San Francisco Bay Area, so Western 

North American information would be best, yes? Or can some of these be 

imported controls? 

Advance thanks for any help. 

Brian 

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Richard A. Worth 

Oregon Department of Agriculture 

Plant Division 

rworth at oda.state.or.us 

(503) 986-6461