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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) » Charmontinae » Charmon
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Charmon
Copyright © 2008 Gerald (Jerry) R. Donehew

Charmon
San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
April 25, 2008
Size: 0.25 to 0.5 inch
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Contributed by Gerald (Jerry) R. Donehew on 26 April, 2008 - 3:33am
Last updated 5 June, 2022 - 1:18pm

Moved
Moved from Macrocentrinae or Charmontinae.
… Jonathan Hoskins, 2 June, 2022 - 10:10pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Macrocentrinae.
… Jonathan Hoskins, 2 June, 2022 - 8:25pm login or register to post comments

Braconidae, prob. Macrocentrinae -- Paul Marsh det.
Moved from Braconid Wasps.
… v belov, 30 January, 2010 - 10:36pm login or register to post comments

Ichneumon vs braconid
This has been hashed out before, but it's important to note that the main identifier here is the appearance of one or more recurrent veins in the wings (braconids have one; ichneumons two). Unfortunately as in this photo, these wasps typically do not have their wings out on display when they are resting or seeking out hosts so we can check them (which would make them more vulnerable to predators).

Coloration, size, or behavior will not distinguish them either - the wings are the key.
… Ross Hill, 26 April, 2008 - 1:22pm login or register to post comments

Not sure
it looks more like a braconid to me.
… Lynette Elliott, 26 April, 2008 - 10:09am login or register to post comments

 
Lynette- Thanks! Renamed Brac
Lynette- Thanks! Renamed Braconid and moved to BG at that level
… Gerald (Jerry) R. Donehew, 26 April, 2008 - 2:56pm login or register to post comments

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