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Please help identify - Megischus bicolor - female
Copyright © 2014 Heidi Rauber

Please help identify - Megischus bicolor - Female
Covington, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, USA
August 24, 2014
My daughter took a pic of this bug which was on the windshield of her car.
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Contributed by lilmomsie on 1 September, 2014 - 9:27am

Stephanidae
Megischus bicolor (Westwood), female.
… Dave Smith, 28 July, 2015 - 7:43pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Braconids and Ichneumons.

Image cropped for placement.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 1 September, 2014 - 9:47am login or register to post comments

Makes us think of Stephanidae
… john and jane balaban, 1 September, 2014 - 9:44am login or register to post comments

 
Duh!
Moved it by reflex, and was having second thoughts even as I was cropping it. Thanks for the correction!
… Ken Wolgemuth, 1 September, 2014 - 9:48am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 1 September, 2014 - 9:42am login or register to post comments

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