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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) » Ichneumonid Wasps (Ichneumonidae) » Acaenitinae » Spilopteron » Spilopteron vicinum
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colorful wasp - Spilopteron vicinum - female
Copyright © 2004 Robin McLeod

colorful wasp - Spilopteron vicinum - Female
Miramichi, New Brunswick, Canada
August 31, 2004
Investigating a split log in the woods; length about 12 mm (not including ovipositor). I figure the more colorful and distinctively patterned a thing is, the more likely someone will recognize it. The yellow bands on the antennae, for example: all other ones I've seen have been white. Any ideas on this one?
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Contributed by Robin McLeod on 24 December, 2004 - 5:18pm
Last updated 11 January, 2010 - 9:37pm

Moved
Moved from Spilopteron.
… Bob Carlson, 11 January, 2010 - 9:37pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Arotes.
… Bob Carlson, 10 January, 2010 - 9:02pm login or register to post comments

Ichneumon wasp
Definitely a female ichneumon. It is in the genus Arotes, one of the few that you can get to genus pretty easily.
… Eric R. Eaton, 27 December, 2004 - 1:49pm login or register to post comments

 
Arotes sp.
Thanks, Eric. Photos of a Japanese species show similar features and a nearly identical wing pattern.
… Robin McLeod, 27 December, 2004 - 3:22pm login or register to post comments

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