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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) » Braconid Wasps (Braconidae) » Alysiinae
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Wasp
Copyright © 2007 Ray Simpson

Wasp
Dixie Plantation, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA
September 16, 2007
Size: 5mm not including antenna
This wasp has a wierd head... I assume one of the parasitic families?

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Contributed by Ray Simpson on 29 September, 2007 - 1:41am
Last updated 16 December, 2009 - 1:09pm

Alysiinae -- Paul Marsh det.
Moved from Braconid Wasps.
… v belov, 16 December, 2009 - 1:10pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from parasitic Apocrita.
… Ray Simpson, 3 December, 2008 - 6:59pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies.
… Beatriz Moisset, 7 October, 2008 - 12:35pm login or register to post comments

yes, parasitic -- but...
...no 2-mm hymenopteran has such rich venation -- the posted size is not believable. And: why the color differs so much between the two photos? do they really show the same individual?
… v belov, 6 October, 2008 - 6:19pm login or register to post comments

 
wasp
this image was done under a scanner (less direct light) and the specimen was freshly dead. The other image was done on the mounted/dry specimen under a dissecting scope with strong light from above. They are the same specimen. Size has been edited.
… Ray Simpson, 7 October, 2008 - 11:43am login or register to post comments

 
i see -- thanks for clarif/correction
lovely beast [i still have no clue, of course :-]
… v belov, 7 October, 2008 - 11:59am login or register to post comments

 
some sort of ichneumonoid
I'd need a good side view and a wing image to be sure. Certainly that superfamily.
… Matt Buffington, 13 February, 2009 - 12:27pm login or register to post comments

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