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wasp - Ceratogastra ornata - female
Copyright © 2006 tom murray

wasp - Ceratogastra ornata - Female
Shirley, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
August 12, 2006
This wasp held it's wings open like this the whole time I watched it.

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wasp - Ceratogastra ornata - female wasp - Ceratogastra ornata - female
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Contributed by tom murray on 13 August, 2006 - 10:16pm
Last updated 5 October, 2008 - 1:43am

Moved
Moved from Ceratogastra.
… Eric R. Eaton, 5 October, 2008 - 1:43am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ichneumon Wasps.
… Eric R. Eaton, 5 October, 2008 - 1:38am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Black and Yellow.
… John R. Maxwell, 19 September, 2008 - 8:50am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ichneumon Wasps.
… Lynette Schimming, 7 June, 2008 - 9:26am login or register to post comments

Ichneumon.
Believe it or not, this is a female ichneumon, and she may be laying eggs. This is a distinctive genus, I just can't recall the name off the top of my head:-)
… Eric R. Eaton, 14 August, 2006 - 3:24pm login or register to post comments

 
Ichneumon wasp
This is quite a diverse family. She doesn't look like most other Ichneumons. Thanks Eric.
… tom murray, 14 August, 2006 - 6:14pm login or register to post comments

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