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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) » Ichneumonid Wasps (Ichneumonidae) » Xoridinae » Xorides
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Office Bug - Xorides
Copyright © 2006 HeatherCT2

Office Bug - Xorides
Friday Harbor, Washington, USA
July 21, 2006
Found in our office on a hot summer day. We are on an island in the Pacific Northwest.
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Contributed by HeatherCT2 on 21 July, 2006 - 2:24pm
Last updated 5 September, 2013 - 7:39pm

Moved
Moved from Ichneumon Wasps.
… Bob Carlson, 5 September, 2013 - 7:39pm login or register to post comments

Xorides sp.
Xorides sp.
… Jacek, 10 August, 2007 - 5:52am login or register to post comments

Moved...
to family page for now.
… Nick Fensler, 16 August, 2006 - 8:45pm login or register to post comments

Ichneumon wasp
Looks like an ichneumon wasp. Someone out there knows more!
… Jay Cossey, 21 July, 2006 - 6:19pm login or register to post comments

 
Agreed.
It is indeed a female ichneumon wasp. The long "stinger" is actually her egg-laying organ (ovipositor), and she is harmless. Ichneumons are parasites of other insects. Wondering if your business is in wholesale wood products? If so, this could be an exotic species. Otherwise, just wandered in off the street, obviously:-)
… Eric R. Eaton, 21 July, 2006 - 7:05pm login or register to post comments

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