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Echthromorpha intricatoria
A medium-sized black wasp with multiple small creamish-white spots on thorax and abdomen. Legs were red. Wings were clear except for black pterostigmas on the fore wings. The wasp had a short black ovipositor
Spotted flying around a eucalyptus tree.
The wasp injects eggs into the pupae of moths and butterflies and the wasp larvae feed on the pupating lepidopteran larva.
Family: Ichneumonidae
Spotted on Dec 23, 2014
Submitted on Dec 24, 2014
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