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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) » Ichneumoninae » Ichneumonini » Callajoppa Genus Group » Gnamptopelta » Gnamptopelta obsidianator
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ichneumon wasp - Gnamptopelta obsidianator
Copyright © 2013 Bill Keim

ichneumon wasp - Gnamptopelta obsidianator
Pennypack Ecological Restoration Trust, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
September 28, 2013
The only photo I got, and certainly frass, but this is a new bug for me. Found on a shrub along a wooded path in the afternoon. It was preening it's long, flexible, pectinate antennae. Thanks for any help!
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Contributed by Bill Keim on 29 September, 2013 - 5:49am
Last updated 31 December, 2015 - 9:25am

Moved
Not sure I understand why the antennae are described as pectinate.

Moved from Ichneumon Wasps.
… Bob Carlson, 30 September, 2013 - 9:21pm login or register to post comments

 
I retract the "pectinate" ant
I retract the "pectinate" antennae observation! That was a quick naked eye judgment from about 4 ft, before backing up to 15 ft to focus my 400 mm lens--bad technique!
… Bill Keim, 1 October, 2013 - 1:40am login or register to post comments

 
Perhaps
Perhaps the effect was caused by rapid movement or vibrating of the antennae.
… Bob Carlson, 1 October, 2013 - 1:06pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John S. Ascher, 30 September, 2013 - 8:30pm login or register to post comments

Perhaps something like
… metrioptera, 29 September, 2013 - 5:59am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for pointing me in thi
Thanks for pointing me in this direction, Brandon. Studying more photos in this family, I think a better match would be Gnamptopelta obsidianator. Note the darker tips on the antennae, and the lighter coloration on the forelegs. Looks like a match for:

Though mine is not a good photo, it would be a data point for PA in September.
… Bill Keim, 29 September, 2013 - 11:46am login or register to post comments

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