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Genus Exetastes

Pimplinae - Exetastes fornicator - female Ichneumon? - Exetastes angustoralis - female Exetastes suaveolens? - Exetastes suaveolens - male Black and orange wasp is? - Exetastes suaveolens - male glossy blue-black wasp with orange-red legs - Exetastes Ichneumon sp - Exetastes suaveolens Ichneumonidae - ? Therion sp. - Exetastes suaveolens Wasp - Exetastes bituminosus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon ("Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps)
Superfamily Ichneumonoidea (Braconid and Ichneumonid Wasps)
Family Ichneumonidae (Ichneumonid Wasps)
Subfamily Banchinae
Tribe Banchini
Genus Exetastes
Numbers
a large genus with 51 spp. north of Mexico(1)
Range
worldwide except Australian(2)
Habitat
Mostly unforested terrain or ecotones between forest and grassland(2)
Food
cutworms(2)