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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Aulacid, Ensign, and Gasteruptiid Wasps (Evanioidea) » Carrot Wasps (Gasteruptiidae) » Gasteruption » Gasteruption assectator
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Wasp with fat ankles - Gasteruption assectator - female
Copyright © 2010 John F. Carr

Wasp with fat ankles - Gasteruption assectator - Female
Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
July 10, 2010
Size: 10 mm
Hind tibia (basitarsus?) very swollen, with spurs

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Wasp with fat ankles - Gasteruption assectator - female Abdomen - Gasteruption assectator - female Wings - Gasteruption assectator - female Antenna - Gasteruption assectator - female
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Contributed by John F. Carr on 15 July, 2010 - 8:48pm
Last updated 19 July, 2010 - 5:13pm

Moved
Moved from Gasteruption.
… John F. Carr, 19 July, 2010 - 5:13pm login or register to post comments

Gasteruptiidae
Gasteruption assectator (Linnaeus). Though I can't see the antennal segments and hind tarsus very well, the sculpture of the mesonotal lateral lobes is agrees with G. assectator and it seem safe to call this G. assectator. This species is also more common in the East than the species with which it is sometimes confused (G. kirbii).
… Dave Smith, 19 July, 2010 - 7:56am login or register to post comments

 
Pictures added
I added better pictures of antenna base and hind leg.
… John F. Carr, 19 July, 2010 - 5:26pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you
for the additional pictures. Being able to see the 4th antennal segment confirms the id as G. assectator. The other character, the 2nd hind tarsal segment wasn't visible but really don't need to see it now.
… Dave Smith, 20 July, 2010 - 4:22pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ichneumon Wasps.
… John F. Carr, 15 July, 2010 - 9:33pm login or register to post comments

Gasteruption sp. probably (assectator or kirbii)
Compare with the ones in the guide.
… tom murray, 15 July, 2010 - 9:29pm login or register to post comments

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