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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) » Braconid Wasps (Braconidae) » Caterpillar Mummy Wasps (Rogadinae) » Common Mummy Wasps (Aleiodes) » gasterator species-group (Aleiodes gasterator species-group) » Smith's Banded Mummy Wasp (Aleiodes smithi)
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Mummy Wasp - Aleiodes smithi
Copyright © 2010 Ken

Mummy Wasp - Aleiodes smithi
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
August 29, 2010
Size: approx 1/2"
Originally submitted as: Ichneumon Wasp ?
Found in the underbrush along a grassy trail in southeastern PA.
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Contributed by Ken on 4 September, 2010 - 6:20am
Last updated 28 October, 2010 - 12:25pm

Moved
Dr. Shaw has confirmed this as Aleiodes smithi Marsh & Shaw.

Moved from Braconids and Ichneumons.
… Bob Carlson, 7 September, 2010 - 10:41am login or register to post comments

Moved
The banded flagellum is less common in braconids than ichneumonids, but the shape of the head and the long palps suggest braconid to me. Perhaps Aleiodes smithi. Compare photo on page 90 of Shaw 2006.

Moved from ID Request.
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