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Unknown fly/ ant agressiveness - Tiphia - male - female
Copyright © 2009 Cathy Wilson

Unknown fly/ ant agressiveness - Tiphia - Male Female
Loudonville, Ashland County, Ohio, USA
May 31, 2009
Size: Tiny
These insects were very aggressive with one another and I'm clueless as to what was going on. I believe they are on a poison ivy plan.
Contributed by Cathy Wilson on 31 May, 2009 - 10:59pm
Last updated 23 September, 2011 - 4:40pm

Tiphia
multiple males attempting to mate
… John S. Ascher, 31 May, 2009 - 11:51pm

 
Ah!
Thank you, John. It's a parasitic wasp, then? I guess I might have surmised that they were mating, but their courtship ritual lacked something . . . .
… Cathy Wilson, 1 June, 2009 - 9:44am

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