Maenomenus ensifer

2 A scarab beetle endoparasitoid fly at Mount Ainslie

Maenomenus ensifer at Mount Ainslie - 13 Jan 2024
Maenomenus ensifer at Mount Ainslie - 13 Jan 2024
Maenomenus ensifer at Mount Ainslie - 13 Jan 2024
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Maenomenus ensifer 15 Jan 2024 MichaelMulvaney
PYRGOTIDAE (family) 13 Jan 2024 Pirom

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Attending mating Christmas beetles - Anoplognathus porosus. Supplementary photo shows ovipositor extended underneath fly.

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HaukeKoch wrote:
   13 Jan 2024
Possibly Maenomenus ensifer: http://www.faculty.ucr.edu/~legneref/identify/pyrgotid.htm; https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/7733965

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  • Anoplognathus porosus Associated Insect
  • 12mm to 25mm Animal size

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