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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) » Hover Fly Parasitoid Wasps (Diplazontinae) » Diplazon » Common Hover Fly Parasitoid Wasp (Diplazon laetatorius)
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Wasp at porch light - Diplazon laetatorius
Copyright © 2018 Robert E. Marcotte

Wasp at porch light - Diplazon laetatorius
Town of Greece, Monroe County, New York, USA
June 18, 2018
Left porch light on overnight; this was one of the insects it attracted
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Contributed by Robert E. Marcotte on 18 June, 2018 - 3:45am
Last updated 18 June, 2018 - 8:00pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Bob Zuparko, 18 June, 2018 - 8:00pm login or register to post comments

Diplazon laetatorius (female)…
See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 18 June, 2018 - 9:15am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks so much
I really appreciate the help with this!!
… Robert E. Marcotte, 18 June, 2018 - 11:29am login or register to post comments

I should have added: upper pa
I should have added: upper part of abdomen appeared orange in a blurry shot I took when it first landed.
… Robert E. Marcotte, 18 June, 2018 - 3:53am login or register to post comments

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