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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Braconid and Ichneumonid Wasps (Ichneumonoidea) » Ichneumonid Wasps (Ichneumonidae) » Tryphoninae » Oedemopsini » Hercus » Hercus fontinalis
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Parasitic wasp 7/5/10 8:20AM - Hercus fontinalis
Copyright © 2010 Beatriz Moisset

Parasitic wasp 7/5/10 8:20AM - Hercus fontinalis
Pennypack Restoration Trust, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
July 5, 2010
Size: ~ 3-4 mm
Two days later, the larvae have grown and shed their skin. You can see the exuvia in the upper part of this picture.
The one at the bottom returned after having fallen off. The one at the left is molting and you can see some of its peristaltic movements in the video.
This picture was taken at 8:30 AM; compare to the one at 5 PM the same day.
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Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 5 July, 2010 - 10:34am
Last updated 14 February, 2019 - 3:41pm

Moved
Moved from Oedemopsini.
… Bob Carlson, 21 July, 2010 - 3:13pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from parasitic Apocrita.
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