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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Braconid and Ichneumonid Wasps (Ichneumonoidea) » Braconid Wasps (Braconidae)
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very elongated squarish-head black Ichneumon Wasp with reddish-front-legs and blue/purple wing sheen - male
Copyright © 2015 Emile

very elongated squarish-head black Ichneumon Wasp with reddish-front-legs and blue/purple wing sheen - Male
Palos Verdes Peninsula, Los Angeles County, California, USA
February 7, 2015
Size: ~ 12 mm
Found sitting on a Buddleja salviifolia leaf in the morning sun.
Is this a male in genus Poemenia ??

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very elongated squarish-head black Ichneumon Wasp with reddish-front-legs and blue/purple wing sheen - male very elongated squarish-head black Ichneumon Wasp with reddish-front-legs and blue/purple wing sheen - male very elongated squarish-head black Ichneumon Wasp with reddish-front-legs and blue/purple wing sheen - male very elongated squarish-head black Ichneumon Wasp with reddish-front-legs and blue/purple wing sheen - male
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Contributed by Emile on 15 February, 2015 - 8:20pm
Last updated 12 March, 2018 - 12:10pm

Moved
Moved from Ichneumon Wasps.
… Bob Zuparko, 12 March, 2018 - 12:10pm login or register to post comments

This is not an ichneumonid.
It belongs to the sister group, Braconidae.
… Bob Zuparko, 12 March, 2018 - 12:10pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Braconids and Ichneumons.
… John S. Ascher, 21 April, 2015 - 6:28am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 15 February, 2015 - 8:22pm login or register to post comments

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