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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Aulacid, Ensign, and Gasteruptiid Wasps (Evanioidea) » Carrot Wasps (Gasteruptiidae) » Gasteruption
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Female Wasp - Gasteruption - female
Copyright © 2011 Clay Kemper

Female Wasp - Gasteruption - Female
Renton, WA, King County, Washington, USA
August 9, 2011
Size: 2 1/4"
Huge ovipositor with white tip.
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Contributed by Clay Kemper on 9 August, 2011 - 10:28pm
Last updated 28 August, 2011 - 7:55pm

Moved
Moved from Carrot Wasps.
… Aaron Schusteff, 28 August, 2011 - 7:55pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Aaron Schusteff, 28 August, 2011 - 7:54pm login or register to post comments

Gasteruptiidae
Gasteruption sp. Several species that look like this occur in Washington. However, it is not G. kaweahense which is found only in southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
… Dave Smith, 10 August, 2011 - 8:35pm login or register to post comments

 
Female Wasp
It appears to closely resemble the G. kaweahense in the BugGuide photo list, but your information negates that. Thanks.
… Clay Kemper, 10 August, 2011 - 8:46pm login or register to post comments

Looks to be something
in Gasteruption
… john and jane balaban, 9 August, 2011 - 11:32pm login or register to post comments

 
Wasp
Thanks. Gasteruption kaweahense?
… Clay Kemper, 10 August, 2011 - 2:04am login or register to post comments

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