Thread subject: Diptera.info :: male of Lissonota sp. ?

Posted by Toby on 17-04-2007 00:47
#1
Aug, SW London

www.pbase.com/racketman/image/64600686.jpg

Posted by Toby on 17-04-2007 00:49
#2
better shot for wing venation

www.pbase.com/racketman/image/64600685.jpg

Posted by Pierre-Nicolas Libert on 17-04-2007 07:41
#3
Possibly a male of Pimpla rufipes...

Pierre-nicolas

Posted by ChrisR on 17-04-2007 08:56
#4
I'd agree with Pierre, it *looks* like a Pimpla of some kind, but there are a *lot* of ichneumons with black bodies and orange legs so it's impossible to know for sure. The funny thing about Lissonota is that I have never seen one here, but because it appears in the popular 'Collins Pocket Guide' lots of people think they have seen one when they have a black wasp with orange legs. When it says in the book that 'there are many similar species' that is a gross understatement ;)

Posted by Toby on 17-04-2007 11:17
#5
you're right about the collins guide - I did base my assumption on that. Thanks for opssible ID.