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parasitic wasp on Mantis ootheka - Podagrion - male

parasitic wasp on Mantis ootheka - Podagrion - Male
Brown Canyon, Bobequivari Mts, Pima County, Arizona, USA
April 6, 2012

Moved

Moved for expert attention
Moved from ID Request.

I wonder if it could be Podagrion?



Evidently, they are parasitoids of mantid oothecae.

 
ID confirmed by G.A.P. Gibson: "definitely Podagrion male"

 
Thanks
everybody!