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Overwintering Ichneumon - Ichneumon mendax - female
Copyright © 2012 tom murray

Overwintering Ichneumon - Ichneumon mendax - Female
Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
February 18, 2012
Size: 9mm
Found under pitch pine bark.
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Contributed by tom murray on 18 February, 2012 - 4:43pm
Last updated 19 February, 2012 - 6:47pm

Moved
Moved from Ichneumonini.
… Bob Carlson, 19 February, 2012 - 6:47pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Orgichneumon calcatorius.
… Bob Carlson, 19 February, 2012 - 5:56pm login or register to post comments

 
I have it saved for you. I wonder if it's a different species or just a small female.
… tom murray, 19 February, 2012 - 6:08pm login or register to post comments

 
I Think
I think it will be this species.
… Bob Carlson, 19 February, 2012 - 6:48pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ichneumonini.
… tom murray, 19 February, 2012 - 10:06am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ichneumon Wasps.
… Bob Carlson, 18 February, 2012 - 5:44pm login or register to post comments

 
This is probably the male Orgichneumon calcatorius
It was an inch away from this female I found under the same piece of bark.
… tom murray, 18 February, 2012 - 11:21pm login or register to post comments

 
Nope
Males do not overwinter; the females mate with the males before they go into hibernation. Also note the more filiform flagellum. Males never have a flagellum of this type.
… Bob Carlson, 19 February, 2012 - 3:01pm login or register to post comments

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