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Photo#1639923
red and black wasp

red and black wasp
County Home Park, Allamakee County, Iowa, USA
June 22, 2018
Size: ~8 mm
The black and red colors on this wasp were very similar to those I found in the Agathidinae subfamily of braconid wasps, but this is just a wild guess on my part.

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red and black wasp red and black wasp

Moved

Agree - a femaleā€¦
See reference here.

 
Agathidinae
Thanks for confirming the identity of this colorful female braconid wasp for me, Ross!

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