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Photo#2130084
wasp waist with severe left wing injury - Isodontia - female

wasp waist with severe left wing injury - Isodontia - Female
Goshen, Orange County, New York, USA
June 15, 2022
Size: apx 15mm
Who is this poor wasp waisted creature that can only walk due to severe left wing injury?
What might have happened?

Moved

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

Female
It might help if we could see those wings a little better. The lack of tarsal-rake spines on the forelegs indicates that the genus is (probably) = Isodontia.
see here:

"What might have happened?" (hard to say)
bird attack
cat attack
wasp fight
prey fight
bad pupation/development

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