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Description:

The Ichneumonoidea are insects classified in the hymenopteran suborder Apocrita. The superfamily is made up of the ichneumon wasps (often inaccurately called "ichneumon flies"; family Ichneumonidae) and the braconids (family Braconidae). Like other parasitic wasps, they were long placed in the "Parasitica", variously considered as an infraorder or an unranked clade, but actually not a monophyletic group.

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Comments (8)
MartinL
Nice spotting. Sorry to get technical... All flies (family=diptera) have two clear wings. All wasps, ants and bees (family=hymenoptera) have four clear wings. An ichneumon is a wasp, having four wings. Your image, if you look carefully shows the four wings.
SaurabhNitishMinz
got it its the ichneumon flies of family Ichneumonoidea there long spine like structure at the tail is to lay eggs not for sting....
KarenL
Very true! There is beauty all around us if we take the time to look! :)
SaurabhNitishMinz
love the colour we hardly ever notice these creatures around us but they have such a beautiful structures
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PublishedDecember 17, 2011

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