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Common Hover Fly Parasitoid Wasp (Diplazon laetatorius)
Photo#263587
Copyright © 2009
Lynette Elliott
Wasp -
Diplazon laetatorius
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Desert Hot Springs, Riverside County, California, USA
April 1, 2009
Size: 5 mm
looks to be the same as
I'm pretty sure it's an aphid eater.
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Contributed by
Lynette Elliott
on 5 April, 2009 - 10:10am
Last updated 27 September, 2009 - 10:02pm
Moved
Moved from
Ichneumon Wasps
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Charley Eiseman
, 26 September, 2009 - 10:09pm
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Diplazon laetatorius
Female. I believe males are unknown in Calfornia. Photo 78908 is of a different species of Diplazontinae, which is not an aphid-eater. Instead, it, like Diplazon laetatorius, is an eater of aphid-eaters, namely aphidophagous Syrphidae.
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Bob Carlson
, 26 September, 2009 - 9:27pm
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