Sighting and photos (c) helen_wakefield.
Field Notes - A tailed planthopper 4mm long
Egg mass (ootheca) Aspidomorpha miliaris (F 1775) being parasited by Chalcid wasps (Chalcidoidea: Tetracampidae), length: ~1.5 mm.
Host plant: sweet potatoes (Ipomoea batatas)
parasite:
Lit. (Handbuch d. Pflanzenkrankheiten, P. Parey Berlin 1932, p.227) only one Chalcid wasp species is quoted: the larval parasite:
Cassidocida aspidomorphae Crawf., only a guess!
Family: Tetracampidae FÖRSTER, 1856 ?
[det. John La Salle, 2011, based on this photo]
Genus: Cassidocida CRAWFORD, 1913
100mm 2.8 (canon) with 32mm (12+20mm) exten. rings; 1/160s, f/13, ISO400, 0EV; IMG_4723
Tiny, reddish orange. Silverfish-like bristles at tip of abdomen.