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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) » Ichneumonid Wasps (Ichneumonidae) » Short-tailed Ichneumonid Wasps (Ophioninae) » Ophion
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Ichneumon wasp? - Ophion
Copyright © 2013 Bob Beatson

Ichneumon wasp? - Ophion
Turkey Creek, Chiricahua Mts., Cochise County, Arizona, USA
July 20, 2012
I think this is some kind of Ichneumon wasp - can someone ID? Maybe subfamily Ophioninae - just a wild guess. Could it be Enicospilus purgatus?
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Contributed by Bob Beatson on 6 January, 2013 - 11:47pm
Last updated 7 January, 2013 - 6:41am

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Enicopilus purgatus and most species of that genus, other than those in the americanus group, have small sclerotized inclusions in the discosubmarginal cell of the forewing that, to me, resemble bits of butterscotch. You will see them in this line drawing of Enicospilus purgatus on the web site of the American Entomological Institute.

Moved from ID Request.
… Bob Carlson, 7 January, 2013 - 6:41am login or register to post comments

Ophion…
Often attracted to lights.

See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 7 January, 2013 - 12:10am login or register to post comments

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