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Goggle Wasp sp. - Melanichneumon - female
Copyright © 2008 Mike Quinn

Goggle Wasp sp. - Melanichneumon - Female
south Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
August 5, 2008
Size: ~8mm
At lights in a small mesic patch under a canopy of willows and live oaks...

Any level ID appreciated. Thanks in advance, Mike
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Contributed by Mike Quinn on 6 August, 2008 - 7:00am
Last updated 27 March, 2021 - 11:31pm

Moved
Moved from Ichneumoninae.
… Jonathan Hoskins, 27 March, 2021 - 11:31pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ichneumon Wasps.
… Bob Carlson, 1 October, 2009 - 6:50am login or register to post comments

Ichneumoninae
♀ However, referenced image is Cryptinae
… Bob Carlson, 1 October, 2009 - 6:36am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Black/White w/Orange legs, Dot on Back, White on antennae.
… John R. Maxwell, 19 September, 2008 - 8:52am login or register to post comments

 
Of course it's an Ichneumon
It was already in the Ich family and grouped by a morpho taxonomic unit, "Black/White w/Orange legs, Dot on Back, White on antennae". Please move all of them back to where they were. Thanks, Mike
… Mike Quinn, 19 September, 2008 - 9:15am login or register to post comments

 
Images
were moved by Eric's request, following this Taxonomy Proposals forum discussion, approval by the pages creators, and a 4 day review period.
http://bugguide.net/node/view/225314
… John R. Maxwell, 19 September, 2008 - 10:03am login or register to post comments

yeah its an ichneumon
similar to the one I posted a while back

… Vespula Vulgaris, 6 August, 2008 - 8:01am login or register to post comments

Probably one of the
Ichneumonidae (Ichneumon Wasps)
… John R. Maxwell, 6 August, 2008 - 7:56am login or register to post comments

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