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Type Of Wasp - Yellow Legs - Aoplus confirmatus - male
Copyright © 2009 Paul Celano

Type Of Wasp - Yellow Legs - Aoplus confirmatus - Male
Brighton, Livingston County, Michigan, USA
August 10, 2009
I believe this was a type of wasp but not sure. It had these really vibrant yellow legs.

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Type Of Wasp - Yellow Legs - Aoplus confirmatus - male Type Of Wasp - Yellow Legs - Aoplus confirmatus - male
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Contributed by Paul Celano on 10 August, 2009 - 7:00pm
Last updated 5 June, 2010 - 4:52pm

Moved
Moved from Ichneumoninae.
… Bob Carlson, 5 June, 2010 - 4:52pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Charley Eiseman, 14 September, 2009 - 12:08am login or register to post comments

Ichneumoninae…
The colorful appearance, dorsoventrally depressed abdomen, short ovipositor, and large size indicates a female wasp in this subfamily.

See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 12 August, 2009 - 1:49pm login or register to post comments

 
cool. We are getting warmer
cool. We are getting warmer
… Paul Celano, 12 August, 2009 - 8:34pm login or register to post comments

ichneumonid
some sort of ichneumonid (parasitic wasp) go to http://bugguide.net/node/view/237057
… Eric Matthews, 10 August, 2009 - 10:44pm login or register to post comments

 
Yeah it is one of those...but
Yeah it is one of those...but I dunno which one
… Paul Celano, 11 August, 2009 - 1:01am login or register to post comments

 
can't tell
very hard to tell what species by photographs I am told....many variations.
… Eric Matthews, 11 August, 2009 - 1:04am login or register to post comments

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