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Tiphiid Wasp - Tiphia - male - female

Tiphiid Wasp - Tiphia - Male Female
Essex, Ontario, Canada
July 22, 2006
Size: 8 & 10 mm

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Tiphiid Wasp - Tiphia - male - female Tiphiid Wasp - Tiphia - male - female

Tiphia sp. (Tiphiidae)
Amazingly, most pictures of these insects are those of a male try to mate with an unwilling female.

 
Thanks Richard
A first for me although there are several species of Tiphia in southwest Ontario.

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