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wasp type thing-neat looking - Acrotaphus wiltii
Copyright © 2005 Jo Ann Poe-McGavin

wasp type thing-neat looking - Acrotaphus wiltii
Jim Thorpe, PA 18229, Carbon County, Pennsylvania, USA
July 25, 2005
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Contributed by Jo Ann Poe-McGavin on 26 July, 2005 - 7:56pm
Last updated 3 March, 2006 - 2:38pm

Braconidae:
I collected one of these once myself, and am pretty sure it is a braconid wasp, albeit a fairly large one. Should be distinctive enough for a real expert to ID.
… Eric R. Eaton, 27 July, 2005 - 3:36pm login or register to post comments

 
I find alot of them and they
I find alot of them and they sting BTW. I'll try looking up that family of wasps and see what I find.

It almost looks like this:
http://www.uidaho.edu/so-id/entomology/Braconid%20pea%20aphid%20wasp%20adult.jpg but not quite

BTW-do they import these to the US for controlling pests?

thanks
Jo
… Jo Ann Poe-McGavin, 27 July, 2005 - 5:23pm login or register to post comments

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