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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) » Pimplinae » Delomeristini » Perithous » Perithous scurra » Perithous scurra neomexicanus
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Ichneumon wasp - Perithous scurra? - Perithous scurra - female
Copyright © 2018 Steve Wells

Ichneumon wasp - Perithous scurra? - Perithous scurra - Female
Moscow, Latah County, Idaho, USA
June 17, 2018
Size: body length ~ 13 mm

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Ichneumon wasp - Perithous scurra? - Perithous scurra - female Ichneumon wasp - Perithous scurra? - Perithous scurra - female
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Contributed by Steve Wells on 17 June, 2018 - 7:14pm
Last updated 15 July, 2018 - 2:36am

Moved
Moved from Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies.
… John S. Ascher, 15 July, 2018 - 2:36am login or register to post comments

Perithous scurra neomexicanus…
This is likely Perithous s. neomexicanus, the western subspecies. The host is an aphid wasp in the genus Pemphredon.

See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 17 June, 2018 - 7:58pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
That makes sense since these ichneumon wasps are hanging out around several Pemphredon tunnels in an old log.
… Steve Wells, 17 June, 2018 - 8:13pm login or register to post comments

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