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Ichneumon Wasps

Ichneumonidae

Photo by RiekoS
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Field Notes

Description:

The family Ichneumonidae includes more than 3,300 species in North America. It’s one of the largest insect families. Ichneumons vary widely, though they tend to have very long antennae and often long ovipositors.
- from Olympic Natural History

Notes:

Could you kindly help for ID? I have no idea why this bug was standing like this.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (6)
RiekoS
Thank you very much Tom15. I think this is very close to mine. http://onh.eugraph.com/insects/hymenop/ichneumon/index.html And, thank you so much again Mark. Because of you, I could narrow down to this :-)
Tom15
Nice shot Rieko. I'd call this a wasp in the family Ichneumonidae. A mud dauber would have a long thin waist that ends in a plump little abdomen.
RiekoS
Thank you very much Mark Ridgway. I checked under mud dauber. They are very similar, but I could not find exactly the same one, especially the light colored tail. But, shall I call this as mud dauber?
Mark Ridgway
I think some kind of wasp... maybe like a mud dauber type.
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PublishedJune 1, 2014

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