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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)
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Braconid wasp, maybe Alabagrus texanus? - female
Copyright © 2014 Timothy Calkins

Braconid wasp, maybe Alabagrus texanus? - Female
Reston, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
September 22, 2014
Size: 7-10mm body length

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Braconid wasp, maybe Alabagrus texanus? - female Braconid wasp, maybe Alabagrus texanus? - female Braconid wasp, maybe Alabagrus texanus? - female
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Contributed by Timothy Calkins on 25 September, 2014 - 8:52am
Last updated 27 September, 2014 - 5:33pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Bob Carlson, 27 September, 2014 - 5:33pm login or register to post comments

Bracon Cephi
Do you have sawflies? This looks a lot like a parasitic wasp I used to work with called Bracon Cephi.
… Beth Close, 25 September, 2014 - 5:47pm login or register to post comments

 
Maybe
there are sawflies here. I've seen rose sawfly larvae, & there are doubtless others. there is a similarity in shape in the images i could find elsewhere of your suggestion, but they lack the black coloration of this specimen.
… Timothy Calkins, 25 September, 2014 - 8:01pm login or register to post comments

 
Bracon lissogaster
After doing a little research there is a chance that the name has been changed but I am not sure. I have not worked with this species for about 9 years and I could not find any species under that name on this site, just a shot.
… Beth Close, 26 September, 2014 - 2:48pm login or register to post comments

 
huh
I am not sure why the ones on the site do not show the black, sometimes individuals can vary a bit and all the ones I worked with looked exactly like that, black and orange. It could be another species, maybe wait for other opinions.
… Beth Close, 26 September, 2014 - 12:03pm login or register to post comments

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