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Wasp - Ceratogastra ornata - female
Copyright © 2005 tom murray

Wasp - Ceratogastra ornata - Female
Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
August 12, 2005

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Contributed by tom murray on 13 August, 2005 - 10:18pm
Last updated 5 October, 2008 - 1:43am

Moved
Moved from Ceratogastra.
… Eric R. Eaton, 5 October, 2008 - 1:43am

Moved
Moved from Ichneumon Wasps. Ceratogastra ornata, not sure which subspecies.
… Eric R. Eaton, 5 October, 2008 - 1:38am

Moved
Moved from Black and Yellow.
… John R. Maxwell, 19 September, 2008 - 8:51am

Ichneumon.
This is a female ichneumon wasp, although I forget the genus. They oviposit like this in ragweed blossoms. Maybe the host insect ingests the eggs while feeding?
… Eric R. Eaton, 15 August, 2005 - 3:25pm

 
Ragweed blossoms
I was wondering what she was doing on the blossoms, because there were no host insects around.
… tom murray, 15 August, 2005 - 5:52pm

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