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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) » Ctenopelmatinae
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Wasp? - female
Copyright © 2008 Mardon Erbland

Wasp? - Female
47.63047N 52.68743W (WGS84), Logy Bay, Northeast Avalon, Newfoundland/Labrador, Canada
September 14, 2008
Size: 7 mm head to wing tips
Sitting on the side of our house just before sundown. The temperature had dropped to 15 Celsius and it looked as if this wasp may have been looking for somewhere warm to spend the night.

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Contributed by Mardon Erbland on 14 September, 2008 - 5:36pm
Last updated 29 November, 2011 - 8:26pm

Moved
Moved from Ichneumon Wasps.
… Bob Carlson, 29 November, 2011 - 8:26pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Black and White with orange legs.
… Mardon Erbland, 15 September, 2008 - 6:06am login or register to post comments

Ichneumon wasp.
Please stop using the "by color" categories for the ichneumons. They are not useful in identification beynod family level. Thank you.
… Eric R. Eaton, 15 September, 2008 - 1:47am login or register to post comments

Maybe something near
http://bugguide.net/node/view/16448/bgimage
… John R. Maxwell, 14 September, 2008 - 6:08pm login or register to post comments

 
I definitely agree with you J
I definitely agree with you John. I was debating between ichneumon or sawfly.
… Bryan Penfound, 14 September, 2008 - 6:13pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Thanks to you, Bryan, and John. I've moved the images to the black with orange legs color group. I see a couple other photos in this group that also have the blue marking that mine has.
… Mardon Erbland, 14 September, 2008 - 6:46pm login or register to post comments

I would venture a guess to it
I would venture a guess to it being a sawfly (or something very similar).
… Bryan Penfound, 14 September, 2008 - 5:45pm login or register to post comments

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