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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)
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Hymenoptera 7
Copyright © 2022 Christopher Ziadeh

Hymenoptera 7
Coös County, New Hampshire, USA
Caught using a pitfall trap. It is a parasitoid wasp but would appreciate help identifying it to family.

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Contributed by Christopher Ziadeh on 20 January, 2022 - 6:19am
Last updated 22 January, 2022 - 10:14am

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… Bob Zuparko, 22 January, 2022 - 10:14am login or register to post comments

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... of the family Ichneumonidae. It has the many-segmented (over 13) antennae found in the superfamily Ichneumonoidea, and has the classic "horsehead-shaped" cell in the forewing that separates it from most of the Braconidae (the only other family in the superfamily) (N.B. There are a few braconids (in the subfamily Aphidiinae) that have a similarly shaped cell, but those species don't have as many wing veins as does this one).
… Bob Zuparko, 20 January, 2022 - 10:32am login or register to post comments

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