Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Other insects, spiders, etc.
 Ichneumon?
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| pxl8 |
Posted on 19-03-2006 19:51
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Hi, LordV pointed me at this wonderful site for help with ID. I'm hoping someone can finally come up with an ID for the attached? I saw it in the S.West UK last summer but only the once. It reminds me of an Ichneumon but I've not been able to find any similar photos to confirm an ID. TIA. pxl8 attached the following image:  [89.82Kb] Edited by pxl8 on 19-03-2006 19:52 |
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| pxl8 |
Posted on 19-03-2006 19:54
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Here's another angle if it help...
pxl8 attached the following image:  [97.28Kb] |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 19-03-2006 23:39
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 Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
It strongly resembles Ichneumon sarcitorius (see http://165.229.28...498002.jpg) except for the fact that that one has yellowish markings rather than whitish. I do not know how variable the colour of the markings can be in ichneumonids.
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| pxl8 |
Posted on 20-03-2006 15:12
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Thanks Paul. That's the closest match so far, all the other photos I've managed to find also showed yellow markings  Perhaps I'll be lucky enough to find other specimen this coming summer and get some more detailed shots that might help get a positive ID. |
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| Jan Willem |
Posted on 22-03-2006 10:06
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 Member Location: Waalwijk, The Netherlands Posts: 2161 Joined: 24.07.04 |
Hi, I asked Kees Zwakhals (a Dutch specialist in Ichneumonidae) if he could say anything more about this specimen. Kees told me the followig: The pictures show a male of Ichneumon sarcitorius. After some searching I indeed found some specimens with white markings on the abdomen in the collection of the Zool. Staatssammlung. Like Paul already mentioned, in most cases, the markings are more yellowish. However the rest of the markings are very characteristic; it must be a specimen of Ichneumon sarcitorius. So I hereby thank Kees for his comments. Jan Willem |
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| cthirion |
Posted on 22-03-2006 16:49
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Member Location: Awirs (Flémalle) Belgique Posts: 901 Joined: 13.08.04 |
Parasites from Noctuidae, Lymantriidae.........
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