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Ichneumon Wasp - Spilopteron formosum - female

Ichneumon Wasp - Spilopteron formosum - Female
Oak Island, Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, Bayfield, Ashland County, Wisconsin, USA
August 9, 2013
Size: ~2 cm bl
Sluggish individual found immobile on boot on ground on cool, dewy morning in small clearing in woods serving as campsite.

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Ichneumon Wasp - Spilopteron formosum - female Ichneumon Wasp - Spilopteron formosum - female Ichneumon Wasp - Spilopteron formosum - female

Moved
Moved from Acaenitinae.

Vein 2/Rs of not distinctly beyond 2m-cu, radius with a more prominent spot of pigmentation, tips of antennae more extensively dark, hind coxae without white lateral spots.

Moved
I suspect the coloration of the hind tibiae in these images may be distorted. If so, this could be Arotes amoenus. I will see what other alternatives there might be.

Moved from Ichneumon Wasps.

Moved

Ichneumon femaleā€¦
Possibly Acaenitinae.

See reference here.

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