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Photo#343004
unknown wasp - Trogus

unknown wasp - Trogus
Alamo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, USA
June 12, 2009
Is this a parasitic wasp? Ichneumon sp? Which species?

Moved
Moved from Trogus.

Moved
Moved from Trogus pennator.

With the most recent revision to the genus, T. pennator and T. vulpinus won't be distinguishable without a larger photo. Notes on separating the two have been added to both of their species pages.

Moved
Moved from Trogus.

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

Yes, yes, don't know.
This is an ichneumon wasp in the genus Trogus. I seem to recall there is only one species in the genus in eastern North America....

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