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This is an unidentified Parasitic Wasp that i found on the jack-fruit tree in my backyard. This wasp is greyish in color, and it has orange hind-legs. The size of this wasp is about 8 mm in length
- Spotted on the jack-fruit tree in my backyard.
- I hope, someone can help me to ID this wasp.
Spotted on Jun 4, 2014
Submitted on Jun 4, 2014
6 Comments
Actually it should be a spider wasp, Pompilidae, Pepsinae, assuming Chun and me are on the right track ;-)
Agree, Chun ;-)
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/480...
I'm guessing it is an Auplopus sp. or a close genus.
I have seen them visiting Euphorbia milii flowers. Looks like they feed on pollen too.
This one is so wild/ active. These are the only pictures that i can snap...
John LaSalle will for sure have the family and genus ready, maybe even the species, since it tis quite a distinctive one: silvery body and red femurs, short antennae. I am very shyly thinking of Spheciformes, Sphecidae??