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Colorful Ichneumon - Arotes - female
Copyright © 2006 Cotinis

Colorful Ichneumon - Arotes - Female
Parkwood, Durham County, North Carolina, USA
June 26, 2006
Size: 15 mm
Found inside a netted gazebo on my back deck. (It has proved a better insect trap than insect barrier.) Captured and posed. Length of body was 15 mm, 20 mm (or slightly longer) with the ovipositor.

Identification based on other images in guide, in particular, this one:

I'm crossing my fingers on this one.
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Contributed by Cotinis on 27 June, 2006 - 11:25am
Last updated 11 December, 2006 - 10:25pm

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