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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) » Caterpillar Mummy Wasps (Rogadinae) » Common Mummy Wasps (Aleiodes) » gasterator species-group (Aleiodes gasterator species-group) » Smith's Banded Mummy Wasp (Aleiodes smithi)
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Braconid wasp - Aleiodes smithi
Copyright © 2007 Ilona L.

Braconid wasp - Aleiodes smithi
Cross Plains, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA
August 28, 2007
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Contributed by Ilona L. on 30 August, 2007 - 1:39am
Last updated 17 November, 2012 - 1:42pm

Moved
Per Ilona's comparison with:

Followed by the confirmation of Dr. Michael Sharkey. He points out, though, that Wroghtonia spp. are similarly colored.

Moved from tmp.page: images IDed by Dr Marsh as "possibly Helconinae".
… Bob Carlson, 17 November, 2012 - 1:42pm login or register to post comments

Braconidae, possibly Helconinae -- Paul Marsh det.
Moved from Braconid Wasps.
… v belov, 18 December, 2009 - 9:43pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ichneumon Wasps.
… Ilona L., 30 August, 2007 - 12:07pm login or register to post comments

Braconid Wasp
As evidenced by forewing venation. That's the first time I see a Braconid with the white antennal rings typical of many Ichneumonine females. Mother nature always keeps some surprises...
… Richard Vernier, 30 August, 2007 - 9:21am login or register to post comments

 
Braconid Wasp
...and just when I thought I had this down regarding the white rings on the antennae!:)
… Ilona L., 30 August, 2007 - 12:08pm login or register to post comments

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