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Delphinia picta
The adult is readily recognized by the distinctive wing pattern, shiny blackish-brown with slight overtones of yellow in a few places on a hyaline background. Average length of wing is 6 mm and average body length from head to tip of abdomen excluding the ovipositor is 7 mm. Head and thorax are light brown; abdomen black; legs light brown to yellowish-brown.
Deciduous forests and meadows.
Do you have an alternate suggestion and reference? Can you tell me why it is not?
Spotted on Apr 9, 2012
Submitted on Apr 10, 2012
