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Ichneumonid Wasp

Photo by LaurenZarate
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Field Notes

Description:

Black and yellow wasp of the Family Ichneumonidae. About 1.5 cm long.

Habitat:

Came to an ultraviolet light in the garden, semi-urban area on the outskirts of the city, 2,200 meters.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (6)

Hi John, I added a picture with the wing venation for you. Looks Ichneumonid.
Thank you John. I changed it to Ichneumonid Wasp. I'll look for this one again and try to get a wing shot.
Hi Lauren I can't see the wing veins very clearly, but I am still pretty sure that this is an ichneumonid. The best diagnostic features for these two families are in the wing veins, but not related to the stigma. the Wikipedia page at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ichneumonidae Gives some differences in wings between ichneumonids and braconids. Unfortunately, in the two wings that were chosen the stigma appears reduced in the ichneumonid, whereas this is not always the case and the size of the stigma is not a good diagnostic character for the two families. As an example, the ichneumonid wings shown here (at the bottom of the page) have a much larger stigma than that shown on the Wikipedia page http://www.amentinst.org/GIN/morphology.php
John, could this be a Braconid because of the large Stigma on the wings?
Ichneumonidae http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ichneumonidae

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