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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » parasitic Apocrita » Braconids and Ichneumons (Ichneumonoidea) » Braconid Wasps (Braconidae) » Aphidiinae
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Aphid Parasite Wasp - female
Copyright © 2007 Cheryl Moorehead

Aphid Parasite Wasp - Female
Seattle, King County, Washington, USA
April 21, 2007
Size: 5mm
Not the best shot, but shows it was focused on the Aphids. Whenever an aphid would notice it, they would all start twirling their rear ends in the air, and she would move to some other position.
I think that it looks a lot like this one:

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Aphid Parasite Wasp - female Aphi Parasite Wasp? - female
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Contributed by Cheryl Moorehead on 21 April, 2007 - 9:06pm
Last updated 26 July, 2007 - 5:13pm

Moved
Moved from Braconids and Ichneumons.
… Cheryl Moorehead, 26 July, 2007 - 5:13pm login or register to post comments

yes
This is a braconid in the subfamily aphidiinae.
… Adam Kesheimer, 26 July, 2007 - 4:46pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
I appreciate the ID.
… Cheryl Moorehead, 26 July, 2007 - 5:13pm login or register to post comments

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