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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)
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Ichneumonidae, ex Elder Shoot Borer, opened cocoon, dead wasp - female
Copyright © 2020 MJ Hatfield

Ichneumonidae, ex Elder Shoot Borer, opened cocoon, dead wasp - Female
100 Acre Wood, Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA
June 26, 2016
Size: 9 mm

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Ichneumonidae, ex Elder Shoot Borer, cocoon in stem - female Ichneumonidae, ex Elder Shoot Borer, cocoon - female Ichneumonidae, ex Elder Shoot Borer, opened cocoon, dead wasp - female
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Contributed by MJ Hatfield on 8 February, 2020 - 5:58pm
Last updated 9 February, 2020 - 9:06am

Moved
Moved from "Parasitica" (parasitic Apocrita).
… MJ Hatfield, 9 February, 2020 - 9:05am login or register to post comments

Ichneumon (female)…
Unfortunate that this female did not survive - it appears to be fully developed, except for the wings. Interestingly, an article was written about the many parasites (mostly wasps) that attack the host you mention, and provides a brief life history as well. It can be found here - worth a peek.

See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 8 February, 2020 - 7:08pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you.
I wasn't aware of the host for this moth, Anania tertialis:

I'll try to remember to look for leaf tiers.
… MJ Hatfield, 9 February, 2020 - 9:04am login or register to post comments

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