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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" (parasitoid Apocrita) » Braconid and Ichneumonid Wasps (Ichneumonoidea) » Ichneumonid Wasps (Ichneumonidae) » Short-tailed Ichneumonid Wasps (Ophioninae) » Enicospilus » Enicospilus purgatus
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ichneumon wasp - Enicospilus purgatus
Copyright © 2008 Anne Burton

ichneumon wasp - Enicospilus purgatus
Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, USA
July 26, 2008
Size: 1" or larger
I believe this is the same individual.

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What fly? - Enicospilus purgatus ichneumon wasp - Enicospilus purgatus
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Contributed by Anne Burton on 27 July, 2008 - 8:10am
Last updated 10 March, 2020 - 1:29pm

Moved
Moved from Enicospilus.
… Rachel Behm, 10 March, 2020 - 1:29pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ophioninae.
… John R. Maxwell, 5 August, 2009 - 1:13pm login or register to post comments

Enicospilus…
Several spots in the DM cell of the forewing and an adventitious vein place this in this genus.

See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 5 August, 2009 - 12:53pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ichneumon Wasps.
… John R. Maxwell, 10 October, 2008 - 12:39am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from All yellow orange -- Ophion-like.
… John R. Maxwell, 19 September, 2008 - 8:51am login or register to post comments

Ichneumon Wasp
see comparison images here
… Lynette Elliott, 27 July, 2008 - 9:19am login or register to post comments

 
can be moved to Ophioninae page
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… v belov, 10 October, 2008 - 12:34am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Thanks Lynette - I didn't even think of a wasp! I'm learning...
… Anne Burton, 27 July, 2008 - 11:30am login or register to post comments

 
you're welcome
wasps usually have two sets of wings and flies have one set. But honestly that's not how I tell them apart. Flies usually have short stubby antennae and they have the stubby wings (halteres), those pretty much are dead give-aways.

antenna here


halteres here
… Lynette Elliott, 27 July, 2008 - 1:16pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Thanks for the clues - that is very helpful!
… Anne Burton, 28 July, 2008 - 6:38pm login or register to post comments

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