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Common Hover Fly Parasitoid Wasp (Diplazon laetatorius)
Photo#92321
Copyright © 2007
Ron Hemberger
Swarm of wasps - #6, a hover-fly parasite -
Diplazon laetatorius
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Fullerton Arboretum, Fullerton, Orange County, California, USA
December 14, 2005
Size: Tiny
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Contributed by
Ron Hemberger
on 9 January, 2007 - 9:17pm
Last updated 9 May, 2015 - 4:04pm
Moved
Moved from
Ichneumon Wasps
.
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Ron Hemberger
, 28 September, 2009 - 10:44am
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Diplazon laetatorius
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Bob Carlson
, 28 September, 2009 - 10:15am
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Thanks much, Bob.
Interesting creatures, these.
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Ron Hemberger
, 28 September, 2009 - 10:45am
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Moved
Moved from
parasitic Apocrita
.
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Beatriz Moisset
, 27 August, 2009 - 9:41pm
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Ichneumonidae…
This is a small female ichneumon wasp. Might be in the subfamily Ichneumoninae, but can't be certain from this angle alone. I would leave at family level for now.
See reference
here.
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Ross Hill
, 29 July, 2009 - 11:46am
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