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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Aulacid, Ensign, and Gasteruptiid Wasps (Evanioidea) » Carrot Wasps (Gasteruptiidae) » Gasteruption » assectator or kirbii (Gasteruption assectator or kirbii)
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Wasp - Gasteruption - female
Copyright © 2008 Bill Johnson

Wasp - Gasteruption - Female
Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA
August 22, 2008
Is this wasp in the Gasteruption genus? Thanks. Amazing abdomen placement.

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Contributed by Bill Johnson on 22 August, 2008 - 10:10pm
Last updated 2 July, 2010 - 4:28pm

Moved
Moved from Gasteruption.
Please see Dave Smith's remarks for a more detailed explanation of these two similar species.
… Harsi S. Parker, 2 July, 2010 - 4:28pm login or register to post comments

Looks like Gasteruption to me.
No expert, but these are very distinctive and a treat to see in the air. Did you get a chance to watch it fly?
… Ron Hemberger, 22 August, 2008 - 11:35pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for the ID, Ron. No,
Thanks for the ID, Ron. No, I don't recall it flying away, but rather, blowing away, as it was very windy when I took these images. They happened in a very brief moment of calm.
… Bill Johnson, 22 August, 2008 - 11:44pm login or register to post comments

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