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Larry Reis
small orange wasp with long ovipositor -
Cardinal Marsh, Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA
June 12, 2020
Size: ~8 mm
I wonder if this small orange wasp may be in the Family Braconidae? I haven't found many braconid wasps in the field though so I'm not sure.
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Contributed by
Larry Reis
on 18 January, 2021 - 9:07am
Last updated 9 June, 2022 - 6:18pm
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Jonathan Hoskins
, 9 June, 2022 - 6:18pm
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Macrocentrinae
Thanks so much for narrowing this braconid wasp down to the subfamily Macrocentrinae, Jonathan. This is the first representative of Macrocentrinae that I've found.
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Larry Reis
, 11 June, 2022 - 9:41pm
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Ken Wolgemuth
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braconid wasp
Thanks for positively identifying this little orange wasp as being in the Braconidae family, Ken! It looked enough like some little ichneumon wasps that I saw that I couldn't be sure myself.
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Larry Reis
, 18 January, 2021 - 10:39am
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