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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Braconid and Ichneumonid Wasps (Ichneumonoidea) » Braconid Wasps (Braconidae) » Braconinae » Atanycolus
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Black Wasp Laying Eggs in Tree - Atanycolus - female
Copyright © 2009 squidpillow

Black Wasp Laying Eggs in Tree - Atanycolus - Female
Bull Run Regional Park, Manassas, Virginia, USA
September 18, 2009
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Contributed by squidpillow on 21 October, 2009 - 10:23pm
Last updated 17 December, 2009 - 4:36pm

Atanycolus sp. -- Paul Marsh det.
Moved from Braconid Wasps.
… v belov, 17 December, 2009 - 4:36pm login or register to post comments

from Bob Carlson: "perhaps Atanycolus or thereabouts"
Moved from Braconids and Ichneumons.
… v belov, 22 October, 2009 - 10:29pm login or register to post comments

perhaps a braconid, but let's the grown-ups decide
lovely pic, btw -- dunno how conducive to further identification, though :-/

Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 21 October, 2009 - 10:27pm login or register to post comments

 
Braconidae.
You got it, V. Actually, this is a pretty detailed image and I would suspect that a genus ID could be achieved at some point.
… Eric R. Eaton, 22 October, 2009 - 11:45am login or register to post comments

 
thank you for the info. I hav
thank you for the info. I have many more of this scene and could post if it would be helpful.
… squidpillow, 22 October, 2009 - 1:12pm login or register to post comments

 
Adult female
It is always a good idea to add this information when you have it. I did it for you this time.
… Beatriz Moisset, 22 October, 2009 - 2:36pm login or register to post comments

 
thanks and you got it!
thanks and you got it!
… squidpillow, 22 October, 2009 - 6:42pm login or register to post comments

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