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Small Wasp - SK - Enizemum petiolatum - female
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Small Wasp - SK - Enizemum petiolatum - Female
Downtown Saskatoon at the Farmer's Market, Saskatoon and Area, Saskatchewan, Canada
October 6, 2012

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Contributed by Sara Simpkins on 8 October, 2012 - 1:53am
Last updated 11 October, 2012 - 3:37pm

Moved
Moved from Enizemum.
… Bob Carlson, 11 October, 2012 - 3:37pm

Moved
Moved from Diplazontinae.
… Bob Carlson, 11 October, 2012 - 3:36pm

Moved
Moved from Ichneumon Wasps.
… Bob Carlson, 9 October, 2012 - 9:22am

Hunch
This view is slightly more lateral, but not sufficiently so to allow me to be sure. It might be Diplazontinae or it might be Ctenopelmatinae. I think the coloration of the hind tibia suggests the former, which are parasitoids of aphidophagous Syrphidae, which I presume might be common on carrots.
… Bob Carlson, 8 October, 2012 - 10:03am

Moved
Moved from Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies.
… v belov, 8 October, 2012 - 2:14am

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