Dark wasp, Ichneumon? - Saranaca apicalis

Moved

Moved from Callajoppa Genus Group.

Nothing else similar in the eastern half of the US. What Bob saw as white on the face in photo #2 doesn't occur on both sides of the face, and the quality is the same as parts of the thorax and legs that are reflecting light. This apparent color can safely be considered a relic of photography rather than genuine pigmentation.

… Jonathan Hoskins, 10 May, 2023 - 7:21am

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Moved

I was wrong about this being Trogus fulvipes. Dr. David Wahl points out that Saranaca apicalis approaches this metasomal coloration and both females and males have been observed with metasomal terga 1-3 black. The 4th tergum is also black in this individual. The pale face would only agree with the male of apicalis, however, as the head is apparently always entirely black in the female.

Moved from Trogus fulvipes.

… Bob Carlson, 8 July, 2012 - 9:37am

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Moved

Moved from Ichneumoninae.

… Bob Carlson, 19 December, 2009 - 9:23pm

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Moved

Moved from Ichneumon Wasps.

… Bob Carlson, 1 October, 2009 - 8:52am

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Ichneumoninae

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… Bob Carlson, 1 October, 2009 - 8:20am

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Moved

Moved from Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies.

… john and jane balaban, 29 September, 2006 - 8:30pm

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I'd say Ichneumonid

I'd say your correct on being an ichneumonid, but I'm basing that just on size and the number of antennal segments. There is probably someone else that knows a lot more.

… Nick Fensler, 8 July, 2006 - 7:57pm

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