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small orange wasp with long ovipositor - female
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small orange wasp with long ovipositor - Female
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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small orange wasp with long ovipositor - female small orange wasp with long ovipositor - female small orange wasp with long ovipositor - female small orange wasp with long ovipositor - female
Contributed by Larry Reis on 18 January, 2021 - 9:07am
Last updated 9 June, 2022 - 6:18pm

Moved
Moved from Braconid Wasps.
… Jonathan Hoskins, 9 June, 2022 - 6:18pm

 
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.
… Larry Reis, 11 June, 2022 - 9:41pm

Moved
Moved from Braconid and Ichneumonid Wasps.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 18 January, 2021 - 9:24am

 
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.
… Larry Reis, 18 January, 2021 - 10:39am

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