Posted by ChrisR on 16-05-2008 00:14
#1
Hi, I saw this wasp on 5-May-2008 in southern England flying around last year's Robin's Pincushion Galls (
Diplolepis rosae). Is it safe to call them
Orthopelma mediator or are there other ichneumonoid parasitoids of these galls?
Posted by cthirion on 19-05-2008 21:56
#2
Dear Camille,
because it is from Diplolepis rosae it is almost certainly Orthopelma mediator.
Best wishes,
Kees Zwakhals
Posted by ChrisR on 20-05-2008 10:13
#3
Thanks! :D I always see these and say "Oh, an
Orthopelma mediator!" ... so it's nice to know I haven't been wrong all these years! ;)