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wasp - Spathius elegans
Copyright © 2004 tom murray

wasp - Spathius elegans
Boxford, Massachusetts, USA
August 15, 2004

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Contributed by tom murray on 23 April, 2005 - 4:07pm
Last updated 22 February, 2006 - 2:49pm

Spathius.
Spathius sp., identified by Dr. Mike Sharkey at the University of Kentucky. Thank you, Mike!
… Eric R. Eaton, 22 February, 2006 - 2:46pm login or register to post comments

 
Spathius elegans.
Spathius elegans, identified by Dr. Bob Matthews at University of Georgia. He revised the genus, and found this to be a widespread eastern U.S. species. They are, as larvae, external parasites of the larvae of wood-boring beetles.
… Eric R. Eaton, 22 February, 2006 - 2:47pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Eric
and Drs. Matthews and Sharkey. That's great getting a Braconid identified to species!!! They seem to be as hard to ID as Ichneumons.
… tom murray, 22 February, 2006 - 3:18pm login or register to post comments

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