This wasp was photographed and then collected on the morning of 6 May 08. I had been speculating on our local NatureNB listserv about the identity of the "ophion-like" wasps that were fairly common at lights during the spring, and I had suggested that someone should take a specimen. I took the specimen to my workplace, the Canadian Forest Service - Atlantic Forestry Centre, where I work as an editor/whatever. It lay about in a freezer for several months until it was sent to Ottawa for id, along with numerous others of a different nature. Today I learned that it was identified as "Ophion sp." by Andy Bennett of Agriculture Canada, a wasp expert. He was not able to id it any further.

So, this ids, at least to genus, one of the "ophion-like" wasps that have appeared at my front porch (of which I have several images). There may be several species coming to the lights, but it looks as if their identity will remain a mystery.