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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)
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Copyright © 2011 Ilona L.

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Cross Plains, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA
October 4, 2010
Size: ~6mm

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Contributed by Ilona L. on 21 January, 2011 - 5:17pm
Last updated 22 January, 2011 - 11:08am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Bob Carlson, 22 January, 2011 - 11:08am login or register to post comments

Bracy?
Keeping in mind, most of the time when I say bracy, they turn out an ichy, and vice versa. That said, I think it's a bracy.
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 21 January, 2011 - 7:34pm login or register to post comments

 
B vs I
I have that problem, too. I didn't know whether to call it a Braconid or an Ichneumon. This wasp has a vague resemblance to which is an Ichneumon. But the wings remind me of a Braconid.
… Ilona L., 21 January, 2011 - 9:03pm login or register to post comments

 
What Did I Tell You?
At least I'm consistently wrong :)
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 22 January, 2011 - 11:51am login or register to post comments

 
I'm occasionally wrong -- jus
I'm occasionally wrong -- just enough to make any of my IDs suspect:)
… Ilona L., 22 January, 2011 - 4:18pm login or register to post comments

 
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I'm not sure what kind of ichneumonid this is--just that it is too cool to be a braconid. Many years ago in my office in the National Museum of Natural History I was reading the text of a book on Hymenoptera that had been translated from Russian to English by a contractor in India. When I came to a line in the text where braconids had been translated as "garbage ichneumons" I felled compelled to call this to the attention of Paul Marsh, our braconid specialist. He smiled and responded: "it's garbahge ichneumons."
… Bob Carlson, 22 January, 2011 - 5:09pm login or register to post comments

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