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colorful wasp - Arotes - female
Copyright © 2004 Robin McLeod

colorful wasp - Arotes - 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?
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 24 December, 2004 - 5:18pm
Last updated 22 February, 2006 - 5:29pm

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

 
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

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