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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) » Agathidinae » Agathidini » Agathis » Agathis malvacearum
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Parasitic Wasp - Agathis malvacearum - female
Copyright © 2007 David Kleiman

Parasitic Wasp - Agathis malvacearum - Female
Thornhill, Ontario, Canada
July 11, 2007
This parasitic wasp can be seen here thrusting her ovipositor into the flower buds of common Burdock (Arctium minus). Can anyone give an ID?

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Contributed by David Kleiman on 14 July, 2007 - 12:01am
Last updated 8 September, 2009 - 4:03pm

Moved
Moved from Braconid Wasps.
… Beatriz Moisset, 8 September, 2009 - 4:03pm login or register to post comments

Agathis malvacearum (Braconid
Agathis malvacearum (Braconidae: Agathidinae)ovipositing into a moth larva in the ovary of the flower.
… sharkey, 24 May, 2008 - 5:25pm login or register to post comments

 
Wow
That's incredible. What led you to this ID?
… David Kleiman, 25 May, 2008 - 2:23am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Braconid Wasps.
… David Kleiman, 8 August, 2007 - 8:42pm login or register to post comments

Female braconid.
This is a female wasp in the Braconidae. Might be able to place to at least subfamily at some point.
… Eric R. Eaton, 8 August, 2007 - 6:40pm login or register to post comments

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