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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Twisted-winged Insects (Strepsiptera) » Xenidae » Xenos » Xenos peckii
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Polistes parasites - Xenos peckii
Copyright © 2008 Vespula Vulgaris

Polistes parasites - Xenos peckii
Perry County, Pennsylvania, USA
December 29, 2008
Possible to ID? And does anyone know if they will eventually kill the wasp?

Thanks

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Contributed by Vespula Vulgaris on 29 December, 2008 - 1:45pm
Last updated 16 September, 2021 - 11:21am

Moved
Moved from Xenos.
… Jonathan Hoskins, 16 September, 2021 - 11:21am login or register to post comments

Xenos peckii
is the only strepsipteran recorded from Polistes fuscatus. A few other species of Xenos have been recorded from other North American Polistes. They can probably not be distingushed based on photographs. The two individuals shown here are females.
… Matthias Buck, 29 December, 2008 - 3:09pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you both!
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… Vespula Vulgaris, 29 December, 2008 - 3:48pm login or register to post comments

Strepsiptera
Usually they won't kill their host by themselves. TOL has a good deal of info on them. Nice shots.
… Adam J Bell, 29 December, 2008 - 1:47pm login or register to post comments

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