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2 2 Pelecinid wasp

Pelecinid wasp

by Alison WaldenOntario, Canada

Not wasplike. Looks like a black spindly insect with a long curved tail like a ...

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Pelecinid

by Greg ShchepanekQuébec, Canada

wooded area

0 1 American Pelecinid Wasp

American Pelecinid Wasp

by coralmoonstudioMargaretville, New York, USA

0 2 Pelecinid Wasp

Pelecinid Wasp

by rubens.lucianoCampos do Jordão, Brazil

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Pelecinid Wasp

by KateMenaCartago, Cartago, Costa Rica

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pelecinid wasp

by TAV-HalymaOntario, Canada

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Pelecinid Wasp

by KennethCoxPuntarenas, Costa Rica

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Pelecinid Wasp

by barbarossaWinston-Salem, North Carolina, USA

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Pelecinid wasp

by alyshasmail2Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, USA

0 0 American Pelecinid Wasp

American Pelecinid Wasp

by JBoernerOlean, New York, USA

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Pelecinid wasp

by jeffprathericeDearborn Heights, Michigan, USA

Sweet looken bug!

1 1 Pelecinid wasp

Pelecinid wasp

by Scott sKingston, Ontario, Canada

2 2 Pelecinid Wasp

Pelecinid Wasp

by brrengoMinnesota, USA

Dragonfly like. 1 1/2" long.

2 2 American Pelecinid Wasp (Female)

American Pelecinid Wasp (Female)

by etnalpgQuébec, Québec, Canada

Insect

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Pelecinid Wasp

by Ismael ChavesHeredia, Costa Rica

0 1 Pelecinid Wasp

Pelecinid Wasp

by ScottBibusMinneapolis, Minnesota, USA

4 2 Pelecinid Wasp

Pelecinid Wasp

by pamsaiMatagalpa, Matagalpa, Nicaragua

Tropical montane cloud forest

0 1 Pelecinid Wasp

Pelecinid Wasp

by ConorSheaWingPennsylvania, USA

Black wasp with long antennas and an even longer scorpion-like abdomen.

0 1 Pelecinid Wasp

Pelecinid Wasp

by Aaron8Menomonie, Wisconsin, USA

Red Cedar State Trail, Menomonie, WI

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Pelecinid Wasp

by CandiceBOntario, Canada

Black wasp with a long tail

1 0 Pelecinid Wasp

Pelecinid Wasp

by DavidMroczkowskiWisconsin, USA

Females are recognized by the extremely long abdomen and swollen hind "ankles."

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Pelecinid wasp

by BilloOrizaba, Veracruz, Mexico

Avispa de la familia Pelecinidae.

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Pelecinid Wasp

by Daniela BracamonteSalta, Salta, Argentina

Family: Pelecinidae.

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Pelecinid Wasp

by Tom15Mindo, Provincia de Pichincha, Ecuador

There are only 3 species of Pelecinid wasps ...

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Pelecinid wasp

by Ismael ChavesHeredia, Heredia, Costa Rica

They are parasitoids that lay their eggs directly into grubs of the June beetle ...

6 3 Pelecinid Wasp

Pelecinid Wasp

by doreen.chambers.14Vermont, USA

Flies like a Dragonfly, but has long antenna and smaller wings. segmented ...

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Pelecinid wasp

by LauraPantelakisGeorgia, USA

Thinner than other, more common wasps, but much longer, most of this length ...

2 0 Pelecinid Wasp

Pelecinid Wasp

by digi_sarahNova Scotia, Canada

She may look fierce, but she can't sting you. Her long ovipositor is used to ...

1 3 American Pelecinid

American Pelecinid

by Wendy Sherratt HoganOntario, Canada

Fairly large (about an inch or so), glossy black with wings and exceedingly ...

2 2 Pelecinid Wasp (male)

Pelecinid Wasp (male)

by Tom15Mindo, Provincia de Pichincha, Ecuador

I wonder if this is a male Pelecinus polyturator. They are supposed to be rare ...

3 2 Pelecinid wasp

Pelecinid wasp

by Sergio MonteiroCuritiba, Paraná, Brazil

The genus Pelecinus is the only living member of the family Pelecinidae (there ...

0 0 American Pelecinid

American Pelecinid

by Noah N.Marinette, Wisconsin, USA

Thin, shiny black color w/ long abdomen (scorpion like in shape). Short clear ...

2 3 Pelecinid wasp

Pelecinid wasp

by BilloOrizaba, Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, Mexico

Pelecinus polyturator es una gran avispa negra (hasta 7 cm) brillante, la ...

3 5 Pelecinid Wasp

Pelecinid Wasp

by Gordon DietzmanRoseville, Minnesota, USA

Very long black wasp (approx. 3 inches). The male is much shorter and doesn't ...

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Unnamed spotting

by pamsaiCartago, Costa Rica

every pelecinid wasp you see is a female. ...

1 0 Pelecinid Wasp: A Living Fossil

Pelecinid Wasp: A Living Fossil

by LaurenZarateChiapas, Mexico

Black shiny wasp, body length 5 cm. Large bulbous protrusions on the upper ...

2 0 Grass-Carrying Wasp

Grass-Carrying Wasp

by Gordon DietzmanRoseville, Minnesota, USA

Isodontia species are members of the thread-waisted wasps. I haven't been able ...

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