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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) » melanopterus species-group (Aleiodes melanopterus species-group) » Smooth-headed Mummy Wasp (Aleiodes politiceps)
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Braconid? - Aleiodes politiceps
Copyright © 2010 Carol DiFiori

Braconid? - Aleiodes politiceps
Henrico County, Virginia, USA
October 2, 2010
Could this little guy be a Braconid Wasp?
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Contributed by Carol DiFiori on 23 October, 2010 - 4:32pm
Last updated 24 October, 2010 - 5:16pm

Moved
Moved from Braconid Wasps.
… Bob Carlson, 24 October, 2010 - 5:16pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Compares well with Aleiodes politiceps as represented on BG and as illustrated and discussed on pages 70 and 71 of Shaw, 2006

Moved from ID Request.
… Bob Carlson, 23 October, 2010 - 4:50pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you!
Thanks so much for the ID and informative information!
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