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Wasp with Twisted-winged Parasite

Pachodynerus erynnis / Strepsiptera ORDER

Photo by LivanEscudero
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Field Notes

Habitat:

field, garden

Notes:

Red-marked Pachodynerus wasp with a Twisted-winged Insect lodged under one of it's abdominal "scales" (terga). See close up detail in pic 2. For more info on Twisted-winged Insects see reference page.

Reference Links:

Order Strepsiptera - Twisted-winged Insects - BugGuide.Net

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