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Burdock Seedhead Moth Parasite

Agathis malvacearum

Photo by Machi
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Field Notes

Description:

It looked like it was sticking its ovipositor in the flowers

Habitat:

Burdock flower in an overgrown, suburban yard next to a somewhat dried-out marsh

Reference Links:

Species Agathis malvacearum - Burdock Seedhead Moth Parasite - BugGuide.Net

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
Machi
Thanks as always John!
John La Salle
Ichneumonidae. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ichneumonidae This is a very large group of parasitic wasps. Probably ovipositing in or on a larva or pupa of a phytophagous insect burrowing in the flower.

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Wildlife of Northeastern USA
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BioBlitz, Maine
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New England Arthropods
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Insects of New England
Photographed
PublishedSeptember 23, 2015

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