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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Ceraphronid and Megaspilid Wasps (Ceraphronoidea) » Ceraphronidae
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Ceraphron????
Copyright © 2022 Nathaniel Walsh

Ceraphron????
St Lawrence Lowlands, Ontario, Canada
July 2, 2022
Landed on my arm while I was outside taking pictures of a spider. Much too small for my camera, so these were the best pictures I could get. I wouldn't post such awful photos if it wasn't for how uncommon it might be. Looks very similar to

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Contributed by Nathaniel Walsh on 23 July, 2022 - 5:53pm
Last updated 25 July, 2022 - 9:44am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Bob Zuparko, 25 July, 2022 - 9:44am login or register to post comments

Well, it undoubtedly ...
... belongs to the family Ceraphronidae. The two most common genera of that family are Ceraphron and Aphanogmus, but I can't tell if you've got one of these or not (best way to differeniate these two is the profile of the metasoma).
… Bob Zuparko, 24 July, 2022 - 11:28am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Good to know, thank you!!
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