Encyrtus saliens (a member of the family Encyrtidae) was brought to California from South Africa in 1980 to control introduced scale insects (Pulvinaria spp. – also from South Africa) that were causing issues with ice plants (Carpobrotus spp.), which people had imported from South Africa to put in their gardens. Stuff gets complicated when we start moving plants & animals around the world, and now Californians have a tiny African safari going on in their gardens & yards.

Here’s another view of the female’s wings, which are so highly modified that females aren’t able to fly.