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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) » Rhyssinae » Rhyssa » crevieri or lineolata (Rhyssa crevieri or lineolata)
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Unidentified Ichneumon Wasp - Rhyssa
Copyright © 2017 Donald R. Lemieux

Unidentified Ichneumon Wasp - Rhyssa
Sidney, Kennebec County, Maine, USA
August 16, 2017
Size: 1/2"- 3/4"
One of several species that visited our deck lights this year.

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Unidentified Ichneumon Wasp - Rhyssa Unidentified Ichneumon Wasp - Rhyssa
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Contributed by Maine2014 on 25 December, 2017 - 10:05pm
Last updated 2 July, 2021 - 10:46pm

Moved
Moved from Ichneumonid Wasps.
… Jonathan Hoskins, 2 July, 2021 - 10:46pm login or register to post comments

Tentatively Rhyssinae
I may be seeing striations on the mesoscutum, which would suggest a male Rhyssinae. There are 2 species of Rhyssa that come to mind with white bands on the antennae.
… Jonathan Hoskins, 9 March, 2021 - 1:48am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 25 December, 2017 - 10:27pm login or register to post comments

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