Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Other insects, spiders, etc.
 Ichneumon wasp ID
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| LordV |
Posted on 17-10-2006 19:20
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Any ideas on what I assume is an Ichneumon wasp (odd ovipositor) Taken todaay South coast UK about 14mm body length (not inc ovipositor). Thanks Brian V. 
Edited by LordV on 18-10-2006 05:16 |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 17-10-2006 22:56
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Looks a bit pimpline to me ... but i wouldn't like to say which genus without a specimen  |
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| LordV |
Posted on 18-10-2006 06:42
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Thanks Chris Brian V. |
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| Robert Nash |
Posted on 18-10-2006 08:50
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Member Location: Ulster Museum, Belfast, Ireland Posts: 288 Joined: 11.11.05 |
Chris and Brian Pimpla cf. instigator. A very common species now out and about in great numbers in Ireland. Perhaps Camille will confirm. Slainte (Cheers) Robert Edited by Robert Nash on 18-10-2006 08:51 |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 18-10-2006 09:40
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Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Hmm, I thought about Pimpla but wasn't confident ... the (apparently) down-curved tip to the ovipositor suggested another genus like Apechthis. |
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| cthirion |
Posted on 18-10-2006 18:55
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Member Location: Awirs (Flémalle) Belgique Posts: 901 Joined: 13.08.04 |
I do not work this subfamily, but it seems to to me that it is Apechthis!
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| LordV |
Posted on 19-10-2006 07:43
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Thanks all cthirion & Chris - does look very similar to this pic of Apechthis compunctor including the ridged abdomen. http://www.bioimages.org.uk/HTML/P3/P38853.php. Brian V. Edited by LordV on 19-10-2006 09:11 |
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| Robert Nash |
Posted on 19-10-2006 10:13
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Member Location: Ulster Museum, Belfast, Ireland Posts: 288 Joined: 11.11.05 |
Sorry folks . Apechthis it seems to be.Robert |
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| cthirion |
Posted on 19-10-2006 11:00
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Member Location: Awirs (Flémalle) Belgique Posts: 901 Joined: 13.08.04 |
I am wary more and more of the sites with many photographs, often I find errors in the little which I know! ? ?Of the same Wikip?dia is criticized more and more and a new version for the definitions controlled by experts will leave soon!  ??It is necessary to work in team, it is the only means of doing good work like here!  ??Experts questioned for determinations forget to deepen judging that it is of secondary importance..... many taken again errors persist from one site to another! ?
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