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Unknown Wasp - female
Copyright © 2012 Tamra F

Unknown Wasp - Female
Cottonwood Heights, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
October 18, 2012

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Contributed by Tamra F on 18 October, 2012 - 6:04pm
Last updated 18 October, 2012 - 9:15pm

Moved
I think this is most likely Pimplinae: Ephialtini, but I cannot be sure that there is an areolet, and if there isn't it might be Glypta in the Banchinae: Glyptini.

Moved from Ichneumoninae.
… Bob Carlson, 18 October, 2012 - 7:32pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks,
for giving it a shot. The low light levels right now are frustrating!
… Tamra F, 18 October, 2012 - 8:54pm login or register to post comments

 
Light
Whether better light would have helped, I am not sure. What would have helped is to have her open her wings slightly. Darn women never cooperate. :) But for what its worth (probably not much), I searched Taxapad for associations with Helianthus annuus. There were no Ephialtini, but there is Glypta prognatha Dasch, 1988.
… Bob Carlson, 18 October, 2012 - 9:03pm login or register to post comments

 
Had she
only known who I am I am sure she would have been cooperative. If I could only covey that I am the Crazy (but harmless)Bug Lady I am sure insects would be lining up for their portraits, posing and posturing!
… Tamra F, 18 October, 2012 - 9:18pm login or register to post comments

 
Lining Up for Portraits
The only method I have found for getting ichneumonids to "pose" for their pictures is to spray what I call strawberry dew on vegetation at the edges of woods.
… Bob Carlson, 18 October, 2012 - 9:38pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved accidentally. Family level was intended.

Moved from ID Request.
… Bob Carlson, 18 October, 2012 - 7:31pm login or register to post comments

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