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September black light - Acanthochalcis nigricans
Copyright © 2013 margarethe brummermann

September black light - Acanthochalcis nigricans
Madera Canyon, Pima County, Arizona, USA
September 21, 2013
Contributed by margarethe brummermann on 23 September, 2013 - 5:15pm
Last updated 7 October, 2013 - 9:20pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 7 October, 2013 - 9:20pm

Acanthochalcis nigricans (female)…
You've found one of these before - in Santa Cruz county. Nice.

See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 23 September, 2013 - 5:23pm

 
This one was huge
much bigger than the others, but I guess parasitoids often vary a lot in size
… margarethe brummermann, 23 September, 2013 - 5:39pm

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