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Utah Ichnemonid - Netelia - female

Utah Ichnemonid - Netelia - Female
Fairfield (N40°15.778'W112°05.747'ele5034'), Utah County, Utah, USA
May 21, 2009
Guessing Ophion. Suggestions?

Moved
Moved from Tryphoninae.

Moved
Moved from Ichneumon Wasps.

Tryphoninae…
Similar to Ophionids, but these wasps have a pointed wing areolet, and the abdomen is more robust and typically more dorsoventrally compressed rather than laterally compressed. Most attack the larvae of sawflies.

See reference here.

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