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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) » Caterpillar Mummy Wasps (Rogadinae) » Common Mummy Wasps (Aleiodes) » melanopterus species-group (Aleiodes melanopterus species-group) » Smooth-headed Mummy Wasp (Aleiodes politiceps)
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Small wasp -- Braconidae? - Aleiodes politiceps
Copyright © 2008 Bobby Grizzard

Small wasp -- Braconidae? - Aleiodes politiceps
Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
July 11, 2008
Size: 1cm
Very active at my porch light. I chilled it to take a few shots, but it is a pretty small wasp so it was hard to get good ones.

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Small wasp -- Braconidae? - Aleiodes politiceps Small wasp -- Braconidae? - Aleiodes politiceps
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Contributed by Bobby Grizzard on 12 July, 2008 - 2:10am
Last updated 9 December, 2009 - 10:47pm

Aleiodes politiceps (Gahan) -- det. S.R. Shaw
Moved from Braconid Wasps.
… v belov, 9 December, 2009 - 10:47pm login or register to post comments

 
Wow
I never expected this one to make it to species. Thanks.
… Bobby Grizzard, 10 December, 2009 - 3:00am login or register to post comments

u've got the fam. ID right
i'm afraid i can't go beyond this point :-[
… v belov, 12 July, 2008 - 11:16am login or register to post comments

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