Braconid Wasp/Ant Parasite - Elasmosoma

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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Braconid and Ichneumonid Wasps (Ichneumonoidea) » Braconid Wasps (Braconidae) » Euphorinae » Neoneurini » Elasmosoma

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Copyright © 2012 Sean McVey

Braconid Wasp/Ant Parasite - Elasmosoma -

Basking Ridge, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA
September 22, 2012

I found this was hovering above the entrance hole of some sort of Field Ant's nest. Every so often, when the ant wasn't looking, the wasp would land on the ant's abdomen and lay an egg.

In this picture, you can see how far in it was actually hovering. Sometimes it would get scared and back off a bit, but always came back.

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Braconid Wasp/Ant Parasite - Elasmosoma - female

Ant Victim of parasitic wasp - Elasmosoma - female

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Contributed by Sean McVey on 23 September, 2012 - 4:33pm

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