Species Trogomorpha trogiformis

Noted for its uniformly red body, broad white to yellow bands (annuli) on the antennae, and very dark, somewhat iridescent, blackish wings. The abdomen, typical of this genus, has distinctively beadlike segments, noticeably bulging outward and lacking a smooth profile. The temples are also particularly bulging.

Males: Black hind coxae, often black hind femora, and yellowish hind tarsi. Heinrich's description excludes the possibility of black tarsi.(1)

Female

Male

Larval host: Ephyriades brunnea (Herrich-Schaffer 1864) - Florida duskywing skipper

Note: Other Ichneumonini species can have similar coloration (red body, blackish wings, annulus on the flagellum). Diagnosis based primarily on color resulted in a number of erroneous records in the post-Carlson years of the site.