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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Chalcidoid Wasps (Chalcidoidea) » Leucospidae » Leucospis » Leucospis affinis » Leucospis affinis affinis
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Leucospis affinis flitting around the tomato[e] garden. - Leucospis affinis - male
Copyright © 2009 William Donald Newton

Leucospis affinis flitting around the tomato[e] garden. - Leucospis affinis - Male
DeKalb County, Georgia, USA
June 6, 2009
Throwing caution to the wind, I proclaim a species for the amazing animal I chased around the garden half of this day. Cf. http://bugguide.net/node/view/70823/bgpage The animal in the images matches those of this website. However, I do note major color variants among the images presented, maybe a di-/multi-morhphism of some sort. I am not in the business of messing with taxonomy.

ADDENDUM: The markings of this specimen varies from that of others in this website. Maybe I should stick with tomato[e]s.

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Leucospis affinis flitting around the tomato[e] garden. - Leucospis affinis - male Leucospis affinis flitting around the tomato[e] garden. - Leucospis affinis - female Leucospis affinis flitting around the tomato[e] garden. - Leucospis affinis - female Leucospis affinis flitting around the tomato[e] garden. - Leucospis affinis - female
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Contributed by William Donald Newton on 6 June, 2009 - 4:25pm
Last updated 16 June, 2021 - 2:05am

Moved
Moved from Leucospis affinis.
… Jonathan Hoskins, 16 June, 2021 - 2:05am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Leucospis.
… Bob Biagi, 1 July, 2020 - 8:42pm login or register to post comments

Male
I think that Eric was correct, the first time. Maybe this guy was looking for the female in the other images. = ♂
Notice the abdomen shape and the three-yellow striping patterns. Also, the ovipositor cannot usually be completely hidden from view. There is no sign of it in the image. Plus he is standing on something different than what is in the female's images.
See here: ♂ -- vs. -- ♀
… Bob Biagi, 15 August, 2019 - 6:57pm login or register to post comments

Male.
This specimen is a male (no ovipositor), but at the very least your genus ID is dead on....
… Eric R. Eaton, 6 June, 2009 - 10:52pm login or register to post comments

 
Never mind....
It is ovipositing, which is why I didn't see the ovipositor (usually curled over the back).
… Eric R. Eaton, 24 June, 2009 - 1:05pm login or register to post comments

 
Huh??!!
What, pray, is the animal doing?

This is fascinating!

Back to the tomato[e] garden.
… William Donald Newton, 7 June, 2009 - 6:32am login or register to post comments

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