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wasp - Parancistrocerus perennis - male
Copyright © 2007 tom murray

wasp - Parancistrocerus perennis - Male
Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
June 10, 2007
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Contributed by tom murray on 17 June, 2007 - 10:47pm
Last updated 6 September, 2007 - 6:06pm

Moved
Moved from Potter and Mason Wasps.
… Matthias Buck, 19 June, 2007 - 8:44am login or register to post comments

Parancistrocerus perennis, male (MA)
Abdomen with two yellow bands ond no spots. This male is carrying such a large number of symbiotic mites that they don't all fit in the place where they are usually kept, the acarinarium (i.e. the hollow space below the hind margin of tergum 1)
… Matthias Buck, 19 June, 2007 - 8:44am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Matthias
Those mites did look a bit more than usual:-)
… tom murray, 20 June, 2007 - 9:01pm login or register to post comments

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