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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) » Xoridinae » Odontocolon
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icheumon wasp - Odontocolon
Copyright © 2019 Larry Reis

icheumon wasp - Odontocolon
Lake Meyer Park, Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA
May 23, 2018
Size: 10 mm
If anything, this ichneumon wasp is remarkable for its lack of striking field marks. I'm not versed enough in ichneumon wasp ID to even try and take it to subfamily without some very distinctive markings to aid me.

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Contributed by Larry Reis on 2 February, 2019 - 10:37pm
Last updated 3 February, 2019 - 8:00am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 3 February, 2019 - 8:00am login or register to post comments

 
Odontocolon
Thanks for moving this ichneumon wasp to the genus Odontocolon, Ken!
… Larry Reis, 3 February, 2019 - 9:30am login or register to post comments

Odontocolon (male)…
Yeah, well, in your defense, you did kind of mention one of the distinguishing features.

See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 2 February, 2019 - 11:30pm login or register to post comments

 
Odontocolon
Wow, thanks so much for figuring out the genus for this ichneumon wasp, Ross! I would never had dug deep enough to determine that the teeth on its hind femora were a key ID feature. I was lucky to get that one photo that showed them so clearly.
… Larry Reis, 3 February, 2019 - 9:29am login or register to post comments

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