Pending ID – Hyposoter

#1. Hyposoter sp.  pupal cocoon.  5mm
29 October 2013
Knocklofty Reserve, Hobart
The wasp parasitises a caterpillar and its larvae either begin to pupate within the caterpillar, splitting it open, or pupate soon after leaving the host..
      

#1.1. Same cocoon – adult emergence hole
November 6, 2013
(from Knocklofty Reserve, Hobart)

#1.2  Adult emerged from the 1.0, 1.1  cocoon (above), approx 7mm
November 6, 2013
(from Knocklofty Reserve, Hobart)
                    

#2. Late October 2013
Hobart
On Lamb’s Ear

#3. Hyposoter sp.?  female
Mid March 2017
Knocklofty Reserve, Hobart
searching for host on Acacia dealbata

#4. Mid April 2011
Knocklofty Reserve, Hobart