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Wasp ID Request - Tiphia
Copyright © 2008 Thomas of Baltimore City

Wasp ID Request - Tiphia
Herring Run Watershed, Baltimore City County, Maryland, USA
August 27, 2008
Observed on Daucus carota.

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Contributed by Thomas of Baltimore City on 28 August, 2008 - 3:19pm
Last updated 28 August, 2008 - 6:41pm

Looks to be in Tiphiidae.
Looks to be in Tiphiidae.
… Dennis Haines, 28 August, 2008 - 4:07pm login or register to post comments

 
Perhaps
it is T. popilliavora? I found a website that has this to say:

"The biology of T. popilliavora is similar to T. vernalis, but the adults emerge in August and early September and feed on nectar from the blossoms of umbelliferous plants, especially wild carrot, rather than honeydew."

[Source: http://www.entomology.wisc.edu/mbcn/kyf508.html]
… Thomas of Baltimore City, 10 May, 2009 - 7:57pm login or register to post comments

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