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Red, black, & yellow wasp with bluish wings - Ichneumon centrator - female
Copyright © 2009 Charley Eiseman

Red, black, & yellow wasp with bluish wings - Ichneumon centrator - Female
Huntington, Vermont, USA
April 22, 2007

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Red, black, & yellow wasp with bluish wings - Ichneumon centrator - female Red, black, & yellow wasp with bluish wings - Ichneumon centrator - female
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 29 September, 2009 - 1:36am
Last updated 1 March, 2010 - 9:44pm

Moved
Moved from Ichneumoninae.
… Bob Carlson, 17 October, 2009 - 2:00pm

Moved
Moved from Ichneumon Wasps.
… Charley Eiseman, 30 September, 2009 - 4:09pm

Ichneumoninae…
The robust size, vivid color patterning, depressed abdomen, and short ovipositor suggest this subfamily. There are many examples of tinted wings in this group. They can be found searching for hosts on foot in leaf litter like this one.

See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 30 September, 2009 - 4:04pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request. I had this filed as an ichneumonid on my computer, but I don't remember seeing any with "tinted" wings before, so I was starting to doubt myself. I suppose someone will set us straight if we're wrong... sorry, I don't have a measurement for it.
… Charley Eiseman, 30 September, 2009 - 11:42am

Size?
Must be an ichneumonid, I think. We've had an expert trolling through these wasps on our site recently, so perhaps you'll get a subfamily or genus ID?
… Ken Schneider, 29 September, 2009 - 12:42pm

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