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Type Of Wasp - Yellow Legs - Aoplus confirmatus - male

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

Moved
Moved from Ichneumoninae.

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

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

See reference here.

 
cool. We are getting warmer
cool. We are getting warmer

ichneumonid
some sort of ichneumonid (parasitic wasp) go to http://bugguide.net/node/view/237057

 
Yeah it is one of those...but
Yeah it is one of those...but I dunno which one

 
can't tell
very hard to tell what species by photographs I am told....many variations.

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