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Archytas - Archytas metallicus - female
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Archytas - Archytas metallicus - Female
Pitkin, Vernon Parish, Louisiana, USA
July 27, 2019
BugGuide Gathering_2019
Allen Acres

on pycanthemum

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Archytas - Archytas metallicus - female Archytas - Archytas metallicus - female
Contributed by John Lampkin on 12 August, 2019 - 1:18pm
Last updated 12 August, 2019 - 3:17pm

Moved
Moved from Archytas.
… John F. Carr, 12 August, 2019 - 3:16pm

 
Thank you John
New for Allen Acres and Louisiana.
The info page cites Datana as the parasitoid's host. At the Gathering 2019 we observed various Datana instars including these:
… John Lampkin, 12 August, 2019 - 4:33pm

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