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Unknown fly/ ant agressiveness - Tiphia
Copyright © 2009 Cathy Wilson

Unknown fly/ ant agressiveness - Tiphia
Loudonville, Ashland County, Ohio, USA
May 31, 2009
Size: Tiny
These insects were very aggressive with one another and I'm clueless as to what was going on. I believe they are on a poison ivy plan.
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Contributed by Cathy Wilson on 31 May, 2009 - 10:59pm
Last updated 26 June, 2009 - 9:56pm

Tiphia
multiple males attempting to mate
… John S. Ascher, 31 May, 2009 - 11:51pm login or register to post comments

 
Ah!
Thank you, John. It's a parasitic wasp, then? I guess I might have surmised that they were mating, but their courtship ritual lacked something . . . .
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