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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Symphyta" - Sawflies, Horntails, and Wood Wasps » Xyelid Sawflies (Xyelidae) » Xyelinae » Xyela
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wasp - Xyela
Copyright © 2005 Lynette Elliott

wasp - Xyela
Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA
March 2, 2004
I don't have a clue what this is. It was smaller than a fly, which partly explains the poor picture.
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Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 24 January, 2005 - 2:11pm
Last updated 18 December, 2007 - 7:13pm

Moved
Moved from Xyelidae.
… Martin Hauser, 28 March, 2007 - 1:47pm login or register to post comments

Xyelidae
now that's a nice, rare beastie! The antennae are very distinctive for that family, and if you could see the mouthparts, you'd find that they look just like legs (which is also quite unique).
… Doug Yanega, 2 November, 2005 - 8:59pm login or register to post comments

Sawfly?
This may be a type of sawfly. There is one family that has this general appearance, but then, so do several braconids and other parasitic wasps.
… Eric R. Eaton, 24 January, 2005 - 6:32pm login or register to post comments

 
Eulophid?
With the very long first antennal segments I am more inclined to think that it is a parasitic wasp. Gut feeling tells me it may be a eulophid wasp (Chalcidoidea), but I may be wrong.

Paul

http://www.diptera.info
… Paul Beuk, 25 January, 2005 - 3:20pm login or register to post comments

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