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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 7/15/10 - Hercus fontinalis - female
Copyright © 2010 Beatriz Moisset

Parasitic wasp 7/15/10 - Hercus fontinalis - Female
Pennypack Restoration Trust, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
July 15, 2010
Size: ~ 4-5 mm
A recently emerged one bumping into one inside its cocoon. I must say it, these killers have very cute faces.
Enjoy the video.

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Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 16 July, 2010 - 5:44pm
Last updated 14 February, 2019 - 3:46pm

Moved
Moved from Oedemopsini.
… Bob Carlson, 21 July, 2010 - 3:12pm login or register to post comments

Wonderful series
Beatriz!
… Lynette Elliott, 17 July, 2010 - 5:45pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
With a little luck we may find out more about the caterpillar and the parasitic wasp. And to think that it all started when I went for a walk with a friend and she saw a caterpillar hanging from a thread. I recommend this collecting method.
… Beatriz Moisset, 17 July, 2010 - 6:36pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from parasitic Apocrita.
… Bob Carlson, 16 July, 2010 - 10:12pm login or register to post comments

Possible Genus
Hercus of the tribe Oedemopsini. That tribe consists of Lepidoptera parasitoids.
… Bob Carlson, 16 July, 2010 - 9:21pm login or register to post comments

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