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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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Braconid or Ichneumon? - Diplazon laetatorius
Copyright © 2008 Brighid Gale

Braconid or Ichneumon? - Diplazon laetatorius
Spring Valley, San Diego County, California, USA
January 13, 2008
Size: approx 13mm
Host plant is Sow Thistle---Sonchus oleraceus

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Braconid or Ichneumon? - Diplazon laetatorius Braconid or Ichneumon? - Diplazon laetatorius Braconid or Ichneumon? - Diplazon laetatorius Braconid or Ichneumon? - Diplazon laetatorius
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Contributed by Brighid Gale on 18 January, 2008 - 6:42am
Last updated 28 September, 2009 - 10:59am

Moved
Moved from Ichneumon Wasps.
… Ted Kropiewnicki, 28 September, 2009 - 10:59am login or register to post comments

Diplazon laetatorius
Searching for syrphid larvae that feed on aphids.
… Bob Carlson, 27 September, 2009 - 10:03pm login or register to post comments

Small Ichneumon Wasp
As evidenced by forewing venation.
… Richard Vernier, 18 January, 2008 - 10:17am login or register to post comments

 
Would this be
Pimplinae subfamily?
… Ted Kropiewnicki, 24 January, 2008 - 10:20pm login or register to post comments

 
It does seem to match the other images
in the guide.
… Brighid Gale, 26 January, 2008 - 7:09am login or register to post comments

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