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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Gnats, Gall Midges, and March Flies (Bibionomorpha) » Fungus Gnats and Gall Midges (Sciaroidea) » Fungus Gnats (Mycetophilidae)
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Pennsylvania Wasp for ID
Copyright © 2020 Jim Eckert

Pennsylvania Wasp for ID
Northkill Road north of Shartlesville, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA
August 14, 2020
Size: 13 mm body
On sheet with UV black light.

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Contributed by Jim Eckert on 15 August, 2020 - 9:53pm
Last updated 22 March, 2021 - 4:25pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Bob Biagi, 17 August, 2020 - 2:30pm login or register to post comments

Mycetophilidae
From the wing venation I would say Mycetophilidae
… Valerie Levesque Beaudin, 17 August, 2020 - 2:19pm login or register to post comments

Looks like...
That is (probably) some kind a Fungus Gnat, but I'm not sure.
Wing veins close to:
… Bob Biagi, 17 August, 2020 - 2:08pm login or register to post comments

 
Yikes!
Yes I'm sure that is much closer to the truth than my suggestion of a Wasp! I ought to be barred from making any more BG contributions or suggestions for at least a whole week. But the burnt orange color is typical of so many Ichneumon sp. in my area that it threw me off, I think.
… Jim Eckert, 17 August, 2020 - 5:10pm login or register to post comments

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