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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) » Cryptinae » Cryptini » Cryptina » Buathra » Buathra laborator
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Ichneumonid sp. - Buathra laborator - female
Copyright © 2017 Jeremy Gatten

Ichneumonid sp. - Buathra laborator - Female
Sooke, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
October 11, 2016
Found in ditch adjacent to second-growth forest

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Ichneumonid sp. - Buathra laborator - female Ichneumonid sp. - Buathra laborator - female
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Contributed by Jeremy Gatten on 1 March, 2017 - 11:46am
Last updated 25 August, 2017 - 1:43pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 1 March, 2017 - 5:45pm login or register to post comments

Buathra laborator…
See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 1 March, 2017 - 12:27pm login or register to post comments

 
Braconid vs. Ichneumonid
Looks like I need to work on separating these two similar groups, but my photos don't really show wing characteristics. Thanks for not just pointing me in the right direction, but leading me right to the answer!
… Jeremy Gatten, 1 March, 2017 - 1:58pm login or register to post comments

 
Hosts…
In your area, the most likely hosts for this wasp would be the Forest Tent caterpillar (Malacosoma disstria), and the Western Carpet caterpillar (Melanolophia imitata), if this is helpful.
… Ross Hill, 1 March, 2017 - 3:21pm login or register to post comments

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