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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) » Ichneumoninae » Ichneumonini » Cratichneumon
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colorful ichneumon wasp - Cratichneumon - male
Copyright © 2020 Larry Reis

colorful ichneumon wasp - Cratichneumon - Male
Lake Meyer Park, Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA
June 12, 2019
Size: ~15 mm
This large colorful ichneumon wasp looks very much like a wasp in my photo files that was identified on BugGuide as being in the genus Cratichneumon. Unfortunately I was only able to get this one photo, but the markings and long narrow bent orange abdomen seem to suggest a Cratichneumon wasp if those details are distinctive enough.
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Contributed by Larry Reis on 11 June, 2020 - 7:39am
Last updated 13 June, 2020 - 7:52am

Moved
Moved from Ichneumon Wasps.
… Larry Reis, 13 June, 2020 - 7:52am login or register to post comments

Cratichneumon (male)…
See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 12 June, 2020 - 6:33pm login or register to post comments

 
Cratichneumon
Thanks for confirming that this colorful male ichneumon wasp is in the genus Cratichneumon, Ross!
… Larry Reis, 13 June, 2020 - 7:50am login or register to post comments

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