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Ophion luteus
Spotted on Oct 17, 2011
Submitted on Nov 1, 2011
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Hi hmtrevi, this is a beautiful wasp! However, I think this may actually be a species of Paper Wasp, Genus Polistes:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/572
Ophion luteus is a type of Ichneumon Wasp that has very long legs and antennae as well as a different body shape and coloration. From what I have read, Ophion luteus doesn't occur in the Americas. I think it is a European species. Here are a couple of images of that species:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/55172280@N0...
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:O...
http://www.arkive.org/ichneumon-wasp/oph...