Haneesh, I have little firsthand experience with Hymenoptera, other than the parasitoids I found/discovered in my rearing studies, but this "muscular" wasp, as Kishen points out, almost certainly belongs to the Chalcididae -- possibly in the genus Brachymeria. A Google search will undoubtedly tell you more about these efficient hunters, which typically prey on the pupae of Lepidoptera and develop very rapidly.
Best wishes, Keith From: haneesh km <[email protected]> To: butterflyindia <[email protected]> Sent: Thu, 06 Jan 2011 15:21:59 -0000 (UTC) Subject: [ButterflyIndia] infections in three spot grass yellow hi all, i could find early stages of three spot grass yellow on Manila tamarind (English tamarind/madras tamarind/videshi imli)_Pithecellobium flexicaule in large numbers. and interestingly i could see lot of pupae in the tip of the twigs as a batch. i have collected one set and it took many days to emerge. but the emerged ones were small yellow wasps. http://www.flickr.com/photos/haneesh/5329779931/ the pupae shots are of different sets. Cheers, Haneesh -- Enjoy
