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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) » Short-tailed Ichneumonid Wasps (Ophioninae) » Enicospilus
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Ichneumonidae - Enicospilus
Copyright © 2009 Donald Erickson

Ichneumonidae - Enicospilus
Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, USA
July 4, 2009
Size: about 1.5 cm
Found this one this morning near a small light which is on 24/7. About 1.5 cm not counting the long antenna. Head size and long antenna don't match most crane fly images that I have found.
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Contributed by Donald Erickson on 4 July, 2009 - 10:06am
Last updated 5 August, 2009 - 5:59pm

Moved
Moved from Ophioninae.
… John F. Carr, 5 August, 2009 - 5:59pm login or register to post comments

Enicospilus…
Several spots in the DM cell of the forewing and an adventitious vein place this in this genus.

See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 5 August, 2009 - 12:43pm login or register to post comments

Ophioninae…
The wing venation in this ichneumon wasp subfamily is highly diagnostic.

See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 8 July, 2009 - 3:28pm login or register to post comments

Wasp
It's a wasp, probably an Ichneumon Wasp (parasitic wasps).

The wing veins are different, and flies very rarely have such long antennae with so many segments.

Wasps also have four wings instead of two for flies. That's hard to see in a picture.
… John F. Carr, 4 July, 2009 - 10:17am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Thanks for the help, John.
… Donald Erickson, 5 July, 2009 - 6:55am login or register to post comments

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