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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) » Pimplinae » Ephialtini
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parasitic wasp - female
Copyright © 2013 pirose

parasitic wasp - Female
Rochester, Monroe County, New York, USA
August 9, 2013
Size: about 12 mm
A parasitic wasp (?) of some kind (with great interest in our Black-Eyed Susan flowers).

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Contributed by pirose on 10 August, 2013 - 10:32am
Last updated 10 August, 2013 - 11:35am

Parasitoid
Or maybe parasitoid. I found one reference to Scambus species that are parasitoids.
… Stephen Hart, 10 August, 2013 - 12:51pm login or register to post comments

 
Parasitoid
She is surely ovipositing on an insect, most likely a larva or pupa of a microlepidopteran, feeding in the flower head. I didn't find any Scambus that had been associated with black-eyed Susans, but perhaps there haven't been many attempts made at rearing the insects that feed in the flower heads if they don't seriously impact the appearance of the flowers.
… Bob Carlson, 10 August, 2013 - 1:06pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Possibly a species of Scambus.

Moved from ID Request.
… Bob Carlson, 10 August, 2013 - 11:35am login or register to post comments

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