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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" (parasitic Apocrita) » Braconids and Ichneumons (Ichneumonoidea) » Ichneumon Wasps (Ichneumonidae)
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Wasp Family?
Copyright © 2008 Ashley Bradford

Wasp Family?
Great Falls, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA
April 17, 2008
I've been browsing through photos, trying to figure out what this is, but haven't found anything quite like it. I notice it had odd little structures at the base of its antennae. Is it a sawfly? I'm not really familiar with them.
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Contributed by Ashley Bradford on 22 April, 2008 - 4:28pm
Last updated 23 May, 2008 - 3:02pm

Size estimate?
Do you know approximately how big this bug was?

I would favor one of the parasitic wasps, but let's see what the experts say. I think that the constriction I see at the base of the abdomen would go against the sawflies...
… Ken Schneider, 22 April, 2008 - 5:08pm login or register to post comments

 
It was
around housefly length. Maybe 3/8ths to 1/2 an inch?
… Ashley Bradford, 22 April, 2008 - 5:18pm login or register to post comments

 
Ichneumonidae.
Yes, the family really 'is' that diverse:-)
… Eric R. Eaton, 22 April, 2008 - 6:20pm login or register to post comments

 
Wow.
Thanks! Are there distinguishing features on this one that let you know that?
… Ashley Bradford, 22 April, 2008 - 8:50pm login or register to post comments

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