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Wasp of some sort? - Panorpa
Copyright © 2008 Seabrooke Leckie

Wasp of some sort? - Panorpa
near Milton, Halton, Ontario, Canada
June 3, 2008
Size: <1"
Found resting among some garlic mustard. Area is mixed shrub, deciduous forest, and maple swamp.
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Contributed by Seabrooke Leckie on 9 June, 2008 - 8:54am
Last updated 25 June, 2008 - 5:13pm

It is a Mecoptera: Panorpidae
It is a Mecoptera: Panorpidae (Scorpion fly).
… Jill VanDerBerg, 13 June, 2008 - 3:33pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for your help
He had me pretty puzzled when I first spotted him!
… Seabrooke Leckie, 13 June, 2008 - 3:59pm login or register to post comments

Scorpionfly
Genus Panorpa.
… Brad Barnd, 9 June, 2008 - 9:35am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
I must've skipped over that page in the insect guide!
… Seabrooke Leckie, 13 June, 2008 - 3:58pm login or register to post comments

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