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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) » Ichneumonid Wasps (Ichneumonidae) » Short-tailed Ichneumonid Wasps (Ophioninae) » Ophion
Photo#180786
Short-tailed Ichneumon Wasp - Ophion
Copyright © 2008 Ted Kropiewnicki

Short-tailed Ichneumon Wasp - Ophion
Bear, New Castle County, Delaware, USA
May 5, 2008
Size: ~ 18 mm

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Short-tailed Ichneumon Wasp - Ophion Short-tailed Ichneumon Wasp - Ophion
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Contributed by Ted Kropiewnicki on 5 May, 2008 - 12:53pm
Last updated 25 May, 2008 - 10:09pm

I believe you are correct.
I believe you are correct.
… Michael Guenther, 5 May, 2008 - 1:34pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you!
..
… Ted Kropiewnicki, 5 May, 2008 - 2:16pm login or register to post comments

 
Ophion, or something like it
I'm not an expert, but this looks like an Ophion to me. There is a page of Ophion-like ichneumons, and I don't know if that's because there are other genera that look similar or just because people are being cautious (since there are 3000 or so species to choose from).
… Charley Eiseman, 23 May, 2008 - 11:25pm login or register to post comments

 
Genus Ophion
Thank you! It does look like Photo#3931 and other images in the Short-tailed Ichneumon Wasps Genus Ophion.
… Ted Kropiewnicki, 25 May, 2008 - 10:01pm login or register to post comments

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