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Parasitic wasp - Pristaulacus fasciatus - female

Parasitic wasp - Pristaulacus fasciatus - Female
Highland Park, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA
August 19, 2014
Found in a mugwort patch in a local park.

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Parasitic wasp - Pristaulacus fasciatus - female Parasitic wasp - Pristaulacus fasciatus - female

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Pristaulacus fasciatus…
Nice. These female wasps are parasites of the larvae of wood-boring beetles and sawflies.

See reference here.

 
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