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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Aulacid, Ensign, and Gasteruptiid Wasps (Evanioidea) » Carrot Wasps (Gasteruptiidae) » Gasteruption
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carrot wasp - Gasteruption - female
Copyright © 2019 carlajl

carrot wasp - Gasteruption - Female
Boulder, Boulder County, Colorado, USA
July 1, 2019
Size: unsure
I know the identity of this wasp (carrot wasp, family Gasterruptiidae). I saw her on my bee block in the act of laying her egg in a completed aphid wasp nest. My question is, why does she have what appears to be two ovipositors. One white tipped and the other between her legs and inserted into the aphid wasp nest?

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carrot wasp - Gasteruption - female carrot wasp - Gasteruption - female
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Contributed by carlajl on 22 August, 2019 - 8:38pm
Last updated 23 August, 2019 - 4:56pm

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… Bob Zuparko, 23 August, 2019 - 4:56pm login or register to post comments

Gasteruption…
The female's ovipositor is encased in a sheath (trailing behind it with a white tip) which protects it from being damaged when not in use.

See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 22 August, 2019 - 9:09pm login or register to post comments

 
carrot wasp
I have so much to learn!! Thank you.
… carlajl, 23 August, 2019 - 6:05pm login or register to post comments

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