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Wasp ID Request - Diplazon laetatorius - female
Copyright © 2011 Thomas Wilson of Armistead Gardens in Baltimore City

Wasp ID Request - Diplazon laetatorius - Female
Herring Run Watershed, Baltimore City County, Maryland, USA
August 20, 2010
Observed on Asclepias syriaca [=incidental?]

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Wasp ID Request - Diplazon laetatorius - female Wasp ID Request - Diplazon laetatorius - female
Contributed by Thomas Wilson of Armistead Gardens in Baltimore City on 28 February, 2011 - 2:35pm
Last updated 28 February, 2011 - 4:03pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Bob Carlson, 28 February, 2011 - 4:03pm

Hover fly parasite…
Nice find.

See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 28 February, 2011 - 3:44pm

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