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Ichneumonid or braconid? - male
Copyright © 2005 Charley Eiseman

Ichneumonid or braconid? - Male
Vermont, USA
June 28, 2005
Reared from a small cocoon that was attached to the outside of a rolled-up sensitive fern leaf. My 'gestalt' sense is that it's an ichneumon, but I'm not sure what I'm basing that on exactly.
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Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 30 March, 2008 - 11:45pm
Last updated 9 December, 2009 - 4:03pm

Frassed
Moved from Braconid Wasps.
… Charley Eiseman, 9 December, 2009 - 4:03pm login or register to post comments

Possibly Meteorus
I asked Dr. Scott Shaw (University of Wyoming) about this image, and he said:

"The resolution of the wing venation is not clear enough for a definitive identification, but from the habitus it looks like another Meteorus to me. I feel pretty confident about that – it does not look like an ichneumonid."
… Charley Eiseman, 29 May, 2008 - 3:00pm login or register to post comments

 
Charley--
pls check other Meteorus, now confirmed, & consider frassing this one
… v belov, 9 December, 2009 - 4:00pm login or register to post comments

You were right to waver...
Because this guy is a large Braconid Wasp. Crossvein between 1rst "discoidal" and 1rst "submarginal" cells of forewings is visible on the left one, which rules out any Ichneumon.
… Richard Vernier, 31 March, 2008 - 7:45am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
I'm amazed you could make anything out from this photo. But I'm glad to hear that, because I would have called it a braconid cocoon before I saw the wasp.
… Charley Eiseman, 31 March, 2008 - 10:07am login or register to post comments

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