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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 » Ophion slossonae
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Large orange insect with orange body and black wings. - Ophion slossonae - male
Copyright © 2014 Donna Ward

Large orange insect with orange body and black wings. - Ophion slossonae - Male
Alstead, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA
August 24, 2014
Size: body about an inch
This insect was flying around our outside light and seemed to be eating the smaller insects flying around. It looked red in the light, but when photo was taken with a flash it looks orange.
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Contributed by Donna Ward on 25 August, 2014 - 8:39pm
Last updated 5 March, 2022 - 9:26pm

Moved
Moved from Dark-winged.
… Jonathan Hoskins, 5 March, 2022 - 9:26pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Enicospilus.
… Rachel Behm, 15 June, 2021 - 11:37am login or register to post comments

not Ophioninae
I don't think this is even Ophioninae.


The abdomen is not the right shape nor is it laterally flattened which is characteristic of Ophioninae. As for the wings, the venation would be the key character to what this is but unfortunately it is not visible.
… Rachel Behm, 25 January, 2019 - 1:10am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Bob Carlson, 25 August, 2014 - 9:03pm login or register to post comments

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Wasp -- either braconidae or ichneumonidae, which each have tons of species. Someone else will chime in, or an editor will move the image to where it'll be seen by someone with more expertise. And welcome to Bugguide!
… John Schneider, 25 August, 2014 - 8:43pm login or register to post comments

 
bug to ID
Thank you John! I have a couple other photos of the same insect if that would be helpful.
… Donna Ward, 26 August, 2014 - 11:07am login or register to post comments

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