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Ichneumonidae; Diplazon laetatorius - Diplazon laetatorius - female
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Ichneumonidae; Diplazon laetatorius - Diplazon laetatorius - Female
Avondale, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
December 29, 2021
Size: 6-7 mm body
On a Erigeron canadensis plant at 1:15 p.m. that had aphids attracting aphidophagous syrphids in the area. ID by @bclaridge a graduate student at USU studying ichneumonid systematics on iNaturalist here: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/103916722.

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Ichneumonidae; Diplazon laetatorius - Diplazon laetatorius - female Ichneumonidae; Diplazon laetatorius - Diplazon laetatorius - female Ichneumonidae; Diplazon laetatorius - Diplazon laetatorius - female
Contributed by kneubauer on 2 June, 2022 - 4:36pm

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