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spider wasp? - Atanycolus - female
Copyright © 2007 JuneJeffries

spider wasp? - Atanycolus - Female
St Louis, St Louis County, Missouri, USA
August 17, 2007
Size: 1/2 inch
wasp was ovapositing in eastern red cedar (dead log)
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Contributed by JuneJeffries on 17 August, 2007 - 6:41pm
Last updated 9 November, 2007 - 2:42pm

Moved
Moved from Braconid Wasps.
… Eric R. Eaton, 9 November, 2007 - 2:42pm login or register to post comments

Braconidae.
This is a female braconid wasp. Female spider wasps do not possess an ovipositor.
… Eric R. Eaton, 17 August, 2007 - 7:40pm login or register to post comments

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