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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) » Ichneumonid Wasps (Ichneumonidae) » Short-tailed Ichneumonid Wasps (Ophioninae) » Ophion
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Fly sp.? - Ophion
Copyright © 2017 David Kidwell

Fly sp.? - Ophion
Montgomery County, Maryland, USA
April 20, 2017
Size: perhaps and inch
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Contributed by David Kidwell on 27 April, 2017 - 12:38pm
Last updated 27 April, 2017 - 7:19pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John S. Ascher, 27 April, 2017 - 7:19pm login or register to post comments

Thanks!
I didn't find much online about these, but it looks as though ID to species is tough.
… David Kidwell, 27 April, 2017 - 4:44pm login or register to post comments

 
Actually...
Most of the species have not even been described due to the difficulties in separating them out.
… Ross Hill, 27 April, 2017 - 6:06pm login or register to post comments

Ophion…
See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 27 April, 2017 - 3:07pm login or register to post comments

Nope, not a fly, rather ...
... this is a parasitic wasp, of the family Ichneumonidae.
… Bob Zuparko, 27 April, 2017 - 12:49pm login or register to post comments

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