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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) » Braconid Wasps (Braconidae) » Caterpillar Mummy Wasps (Rogadinae) » Common Mummy Wasps (Aleiodes) » apicalis species-group (Aleiodes apicalis species-group) » Aleiodes molestus
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Braconidae? ID request - Aleiodes molestus
Copyright © 2013 John Schneider

Braconidae? ID request - Aleiodes molestus
Briargrove bayou, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
November 18, 2013
Size: ~ 6 mm BL
Wondering if family can be confirmed, and if it's distinctive enough to narrow down any further than that.

Please excuse the apparent condition of the chilled specimen.

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Braconidae? ID request - Aleiodes molestus Braconidae? ID request - Aleiodes molestus
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Contributed by John Schneider on 11 December, 2013 - 10:21pm
Last updated 14 December, 2013 - 5:55pm

Moved
Moved from Mummy-wasps.
… John Schneider, 14 December, 2013 - 5:55pm login or register to post comments

Aleiodes molestus
.
… Joe, 14 December, 2013 - 1:50am login or register to post comments

Moved
If you have the specimen, you may be able to identify it with the Shaw key cited on the info page for the genus.

Moved from Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies.
… Bob Carlson, 12 December, 2013 - 1:49pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Bob
I'll check out the key
… John Schneider, 13 December, 2013 - 6:50pm login or register to post comments

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