Grass carrier wasp with Strepsiptera parasite - Eupathocera auripedis

Moved

Moved from Paraxenos.

… Jonathan Hoskins, 16 September, 2021 - 8:39am

Moved

Moved from Twisted-winged Insects.

… v belov, 4 January, 2014 - 11:28pm

Paraxenos

Paraxenos parasitizes sphecidae

… Kevin Moran, 4 January, 2014 - 11:27pm

Placement

Shouldn't this image be located under Isondontia from Eric's ID? The Strepsiptera parasite is incidental to the image. Perhaps the photographer could upload a crop of the abdomen into the Strepsiptera category?

… Mike Boone, 28 October, 2006 - 4:14pm

I do not think so... Cause we

I do not think so... Cause we have tons of Isodonta pics, but Strepsiptera are very rare, so it is better to have it under Strepsiptera... Or to have it on both sites - that would be ideal...

… Martin Hauser, 28 October, 2006 - 4:17pm

Image

I had a look at Isodontia (1) and Pennsylvania is well covered in the summer. So I guess leave the image here, but I would change the image title to note the presence of the parasite, like "Grass carrier wasp with Strepsiptera parasite."

… Mike Boone, 28 October, 2006 - 5:14pm

The Wasp

The wasp is a species of Isondontia (grass-carrier) in the family Sphecidae. They 'rest' with the wings held at an angle like this, whereas Sphex fold their wings over their back.

… Eric R. Eaton, 5 June, 2006 - 3:42pm

Sphex sp. (Sphecidae)

Looks like a Sphex.

… Adalbert Goertz, 5 June, 2006 - 3:02pm

Strepsiptera

The parasites are twisted wing Insects, order Strepsiptera. The larvae are developping inside the host (bees, wasps,Cicadae, Mantids etc) and the males leave the puparium and fly around in search of a female for just a few hours before they expire. The females are just sac-like insects wich stick with their heads outside the host (so it is hard to say from the pic, if these are pupae or females).
Very interesting insects.
Check out this website:
http://www.strepsiptera.uni-rostock.de/e/strepsiptera.html

… Martin Hauser, 4 June, 2006 - 10:10pm

Strepsiptera

All three are Strepsiptera male pupae.

… jkath, 2 April, 2010 - 11:02am

Interesting image -

It looks as though it has some parasites wedged in between its abdominal scales. Who can tell us about those??

… john and jane balaban, 4 June, 2006 - 9:42pm