What fly (2) ? - Austrozele

Moved

… Jonathan Hoskins, 2 February, 2023 - 2:12am

Moved

Moved from Macrocentrus.

More likely Austrozele (or perhaps less likely Dolichozele) as Macrocentrinae is no longer considered monogeneric.

… Jonathan Hoskins, 2 June, 2022 - 4:11am

Macrocentrus -- Paul Marsh det.

Moved from Braconid Wasps.

… v belov, 14 January, 2010 - 2:13pm

Moved

Moved from Ophioninae.

… Ken Schneider, 7 October, 2009 - 10:19am

Braconidae…

Wing venation indicates that this is a braconid wasp. This seems to be a mimic of an Ophion wasp, which has an ability to defend itself - these do not.

See reference here.

… Ross Hill, 26 August, 2009 - 11:51am

Possibly Ophion?

Hard to tell without a side view of the body, but reminds me a lot of an Ichneumon, try this link and see if this matches your find...

http://bugguide.net/node/view/43468

… Crystal Slaght, 27 July, 2008 - 10:17am

Thanks -

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction - didn't even occur to me that it could be a wasp around the light at night!

… Anne Burton, 27 July, 2008 - 11:27am

I didn't either

Until one night as I was using my laptop in a dark room and attracted what I thought was a simple crane fly. Having no fear of insects, I immediately reached out to cup it in my hand, intent upon taking it out the door and releasing it back to the wild, when I had a nasty shock. The thing either stung or bit me! When I ran to the light switch and turned it on, I discovered that it was definitely not a crane fly, and was in fact an Ophion wasp (after much research LOL). Painful reminder that you can't simply assume when it comes to insects LOL

… Crystal Slaght, 27 July, 2008 - 11:52pm

Funny you should mention that -

I was on the porch, at night, photographing insects, camera in one hand. Something flew into my face - I reached up to brush it away and went out my business. Many seconds later, I felt something moving under my shirt, above my waist. Apparently I had brushed it into my open v-neck, where it tried to escape by heading south!

I'm not afraid of insects, either, but at night with an unknown inside my shirt - well let's just say I was "dancing", and flapping my shirt up and down.

Later, I realized I had a mildly painful, itchy bite or sting -- and it STILL didn't occur to me it was a wasp! So expectation [wasps don't fly at night] trumps experience!

… Anne Burton, 28 July, 2008 - 5:01am