Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Unknown wasp >> Cephidae

Posted by eguzki on 02-05-2008 19:13
#1

Hello!

I am afraid of that it may prove to be an undeterminable ichneumonid again, but who knows?
Found in my garden, rather smaller sized>>~1,5-2cm?

Edited by eguzki on 04-05-2008 19:50

Posted by ChrisR on 02-05-2008 20:06
#2

Looks like Symphyta, not an ichneumon :)

Posted by cthirion on 02-05-2008 22:55
#3

I think Cephidae!
Radial Cell subdivised, tibia 1 with spur!
Compressed abdomen dorso-laterally!

Edited by cthirion on 02-05-2008 23:18

Posted by eguzki on 04-05-2008 19:47
#4

:o I have not seen yet such a red abdomened Cephid wasp. I always learn for you, Thak you very much!:)

Posted by eguzki on 04-05-2008 19:49
#5

... otherwise, is the spur on tibia 1 distinctive for cephids?

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 04-05-2008 20:26
#6

this is a cephid wasp. they are pretty common in these days.

Posted by cthirion on 04-05-2008 22:33
#7

Thank you Eguski, it has only one year there that I also discovered it, I thought that they were always green:)!

Posted by eguzki on 09-05-2008 00:01
#8

According to an expert from Germany it is a female of Janus compressus .

Posted by Sue Southway on 09-05-2008 13:32
#9

Apparently it is a pest in orchards with apples and pears!
Sue:o