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Beautiful Ichneumon - Arotes - female
Copyright © 2007 john and jane balaban

Beautiful Ichneumon - Arotes - Female
Harms Woods Forest Preserve, Glenview, Cook County, Illinois, USA
June 17, 2007
Size: ~13mm without ovipositor
Found a half dozen of these females flitting around and landing on a large broken Ash limb. Based on the pictures in the guide, we're thinking this is an Arotes. Correction appreciated.

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Contributed by john and jane balaban on 17 June, 2007 - 5:44pm

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