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Marsh eurytomid wasp

Eurytoma palustris

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Tiny parasitoid wasp emerging from gall midges in wetland plants. Controls dipteran populations naturally in Bay Area marshes and seeps.

Plants that support Marsh eurytomid wasp

1 plants

Cosmopolitan bulrush

Bolboschoenus maritimus

moderate

perennial herb

Spring and early summer; parasitoid wasp utilizing bulrush-associated arthropods

Bay Area native