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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
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Ichneumon Wasp - female
Copyright © 2008 Tony H

Ichneumon Wasp - Female
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
June 23, 2008
Size: approx 2 cm
Found this wasp with a yellow dot on it's back drumming away on a leaf. An ID would be nice, please and thank you.
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Contributed by Tony H on 24 June, 2008 - 12:02am
Last updated 6 January, 2010 - 12:35pm

Moved
Moved from Ichneumon Wasps.
… Bob Carlson, 1 October, 2009 - 6:50am login or register to post comments

Ichneumoninae
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… Bob Carlson, 1 October, 2009 - 6:45am login or register to post comments

Not an ID
but probably one of the parasitic wasps (Braconidae or Ichneumonidae)? I'm not sure, but I think the yellow dot may be a mite or some other non-insect debris?

A bit like this one:

… Ken Schneider, 24 June, 2008 - 10:34am login or register to post comments

 
Is an ID now:-)
This is an ichneumon wasp, family Ichneumonidae, but difficult to get more specific. I do believe the bright spot is an actual marking.
… Eric R. Eaton, 24 June, 2008 - 3:33pm login or register to post comments

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