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Orchid Dupe Wasp

Lissopimpla excelsa

Photo by Mark Ridgway
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Field Notes

Description:

Wasp with all red body parts; blue tinted wings; very long antennae; ovipositor about 15mm long; overall about 50mm long including antennae.

Habitat:

Resting in leaves of a Solanaceae in a small suburban nature reserve.

Notes:

A wasp that looks like a red grasshopper.

Species ID Suggestions

Orchid Dupe Wasp

Lissopimpla excelsa

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Comments (4)
Mark Ridgway
Thanks Martin. Finding too much to keep up with right now.
MartinL
This one has a fascinating story about orchids mimicking the wasp to attract males as pollenaters. Yours is female. I saw this one at Churchill NP. You may remember that day. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/15792563
Mark Ridgway
Thanks Luis. It looks a bit different to most others around now.

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PublishedNovember 20, 2013

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