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White Flank Orange Braconid Wasp

Callibracon sp

Description:

About 15mm long. Red head and thorax, black and white striped abdomen. Long black wings. This is a female with a long ovipositor. The larvae of this wasp is known to parasite on Longicorn Beetle.

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3 Comments

rams4d
rams4d 10 years ago

Nice colors !!!

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 11 years ago

Good one Rachael. I think the common name should be White not Yellow.

Juan DiTrani
Juan DiTrani 11 years ago

This is probably a Brachonid wasp

RachaelB
Spotted by
RachaelB

Victoria, Australia

Spotted on Sep 23, 2012
Submitted on Sep 24, 2012

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