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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) » Alysiinae
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wasp - female
Copyright © 2008 Ilona L.

wasp - Female
Cross Plains, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA
October 2, 2008
I didn't put down a size for this one but it was small, probably 5mm or smaller.
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Contributed by Ilona L. on 5 October, 2008 - 10:26am
Last updated 11 December, 2010 - 6:48pm

Moved
Moved from Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies.
… Ilona L., 5 October, 2008 - 2:12pm login or register to post comments

 
IDed
I always rejoyce when we get one of these IDed to subfamily at least. Nice shot.
… Beatriz Moisset, 7 October, 2008 - 12:26pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks. I always am pleased,
Thanks. I always am pleased, too, when these small insects can be IDed even if just to subfamily. I'm just about to the end of photographing new insects around here for this year as the temps are getting rather low for any activity.
… Ilona L., 7 October, 2008 - 2:13pm login or register to post comments

Braconid Wasp (Braconidae, Alysiinae) - female
This large marginal cell, with peculiarly thickened vein, is typical of some Alysiine genera like Dacnusa.
… Richard Vernier, 5 October, 2008 - 12:37pm login or register to post comments

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