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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" (parasitic Apocrita) » Aulacids, Ensigns, and Gasteruptiids (Evanioidea) » Carrot Wasps (Gasteruptiidae) » Gasteruption
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Ichneumon - Gasteruption - female
Copyright © 2007 Yvonne1313

Ichneumon - Gasteruption - Female
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
July 7, 2007
Size: 1 - 1 1/2 inches
Would this be a male or a female Ichneumon?
Thanks!
Yvonne

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Contributed by Yvonne1313 on 8 July, 2007 - 9:44am
Last updated 3 January, 2010 - 2:03pm

I think
I think Ichneumons are really Crane Flies aren't they?
… Betsy Breeyear, 8 July, 2007 - 11:28am login or register to post comments

 
No, they're not.
Ichneumons belong to the order Hymenoptera (the bees, wasps, ants and sawflies), while Crane Flies belong to the order Diptera (the flies). The two orders are very different; one major difference being that Hymenoptera have two pairs of wings while in the Diptera, there is only one well-developed pair plus a reduced pair called halteres, which are balancing organs.
… Stephen Luk, 8 July, 2007 - 11:53am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks :)
Well that resolves that for me! Thank you for taking the time to explain that! I love bugs but there is so much I do not know scientifically.
… Betsy Breeyear, 8 July, 2007 - 3:09pm login or register to post comments

Gasteruptiid Wasp
No, I think it's a Gasteruptiid in the genus Gasteruption.
… Steve Nanz, 8 July, 2007 - 10:17am login or register to post comments

 
yes
note the dorsal attachment of the metasoma (abdomen) well above the leg bases
… John S. Ascher, 8 July, 2007 - 10:38am login or register to post comments

 
Thank you very much!
Thank you very much!
… Yvonne1313, 9 July, 2007 - 8:57am login or register to post comments

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