1 Unidentified ichneumon wasp at Downer, ACT
Identification history
| Ichneumonidae (family) | 2 Nov 2020 | KimPullen | ||
| Ichneumonidae (family) | 2 Nov 2020 | KimPullen | ||
| Unidentified | 26 Oct 2020 | TimL |
Identify this sighting
Please Login or Register to identify this sighting.
User's notes
The wasp appeared to be attending to the aphids however, every now and then it would double up (second and third images) as though trying to penetrate the plant stem. Unsure what this behaviour was.
1 comment
KimPullen
wrote:
2 Nov 2020
Ichneumon wasps are internal parasites. The wasp seems to be laying eggs, but I think the larva of this wasp would be too large to fit inside an aphid.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.107047-35.274830
- Altitude 640.8m
- Maps ANBG
- Places Downer, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 20 Oct 2020 11:38 AM Recorded on
- TimL Recorded by
-
Collections
Insects Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) Parasitic wasps (numerous families) TimL
Additional information
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Species information
- Ichneumonidae (family) Scientific name
- Unidentified ichneumon wasp Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1472.5m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
Record quality
- Overall Fit for scientific/research use
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
- Description
- Additional attributes
