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Acrotaphus wiltii
Photo#147905
Copyright © 2007
Jo Ann Poe-McGavin
Night Wasp -
Acrotaphus wiltii
Jim Thorpe, Carbon County, Pennsylvania, USA
September 23, 2007
Size: 3/4 inch
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Contributed by
Jo Ann Poe-McGavin
on 24 September, 2007 - 1:32pm
Last updated 26 September, 2007 - 12:04am
What a nice - albeit strange - creature!
Although forewing venation is poorly visible on both pics, I suspect a large Braconid rather than an Ichneumon, but this is a mere hypothesis.
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Richard Vernier
, 24 September, 2007 - 2:02pm
It is an ichneumonid.
This is a female in the genus Acrotaphus. They are parasites of orb weavers (actually restricted to only one species, the name of which escapes me at the moment).
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Eric R. Eaton
, 25 September, 2007 - 3:20pm
I'll look at the other photos
I'll look at the other photos and see if I have a better one.
Edit: just checked-no better one of the wings. Sorry.
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Jo Ann Poe-McGavin
, 24 September, 2007 - 2:57pm