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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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flying - Diplazon laetatorius
Copyright © 2008 tash

flying - Diplazon laetatorius
Fort Meade, Anne Arundrel County, Maryland, USA
May 24, 2008
there are a few of these flying around my garden. the neighbor kid kept saying they were bumble bees which they are clearly not. This one landed on my rose bush long enough for me to get a few shots of it. otherwise they seem fairly camera shy.

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Contributed by tash on 24 May, 2008 - 8:47pm
Last updated 3 November, 2009 - 12:52pm

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Update: I added the county and also the fact that it is an adult. Please, remember the more complete the information, the more valuable your contribution.
… Beatriz Moisset, 28 September, 2009 - 7:26pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ichneumon Wasps.
… John R. Maxwell, 27 September, 2009 - 9:44pm login or register to post comments

Diplazon laetatorius
All species of Diplazontinae are parasites of aphidophagous Syrphidae.
… Bob Carlson, 27 September, 2009 - 8:40pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Black/White w/Orange legs, Dot on Back, White on antennae.
… John R. Maxwell, 19 September, 2008 - 8:52am login or register to post comments

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