unknown wasp - Physocephala furcillata

Moved to P. furcillata

Generally dark gestalt, together with discal cell hyaline; red on thin 2nd abdominal segment and bases of femora; and your far northeast locale all suggest P. furcillata.

The very short 1st antennal segment and (the clear clincher!) the white facial grooves (between the ridges extending downward from the base of the antennae) nail down that ID. (See the species and genus info pages for clarification of all these details if interested.)

Moved from Physocephala.

… Aaron Schusteff, 24 August, 2015 - 12:01pm

Moved

Moved from Conopinae.

… John S. Ascher, 24 August, 2015 - 7:18am

Fly, not wasp

It's Order Diptera, family Conopidae, likely Psychocephala tibialis.

Reference this URL;

http://bugguide.net/node/view/1113316/bgimage

… Patrick Murray, 20 August, 2015 - 8:16pm

Discal cell hyaline here

...so P. tibialis is ruled out. The often very similar looking P. furcillata has discal cell hysline.

… Aaron Schusteff, 24 August, 2015 - 12:13pm

Moved

Moved from ID Request.

… v belov, 20 August, 2015 - 8:14pm