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Unknown - female
Copyright © 2007 Jo Ann Poe-McGavin

Unknown - Female
Jim Thorpe, Carbon County, Pennsylvania, USA
September 29, 2007
Size: 1/2 inch
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Contributed by Jo Ann Poe-McGavin on 1 October, 2007 - 10:22am
Last updated 1 October, 2007 - 12:44pm

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Maybe an Ichneumon of some sort ?
… Sam Houston, 1 October, 2007 - 11:34am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks! I think you're right
Thanks! I think you're right it looks like this one,

http://bugguide.net/node/view/7786/bgimage
… Jo Ann Poe-McGavin, 1 October, 2007 - 12:45pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes, but....
We really need to do away with the "grouped by color" category. This is absolutely irrelevant to the identification of ichneumons. Physical morphology is the key, and all characters necessary for even subfamily identification are rarely captured in an image.
… Eric R. Eaton, 1 October, 2007 - 1:03pm login or register to post comments

 
Agreed. I was just picking th
Agreed. I was just picking the one that "matched" not that it's all that helpful.
… Jo Ann Poe-McGavin, 1 October, 2007 - 1:12pm login or register to post comments

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