Thread subject: Diptera.info :: (Ichneumonid?) wasps of today
Posted by Jeroen K on 15-08-2010 16:30
#1
Some pictures of (ichneumonid?) wasps, Klein Schietveld (Brasschaat), Belgium. It was rather windy, so the quality of the pictures is bad, but is it possible to get at least a genus? Thanks in advance!
Posted by Jeroen K on 15-08-2010 16:30
#2
Wasp 2:
Posted by Jeroen K on 15-08-2010 16:31
#3
Wasp 3, picture 1:
Posted by Jeroen K on 15-08-2010 16:31
#4
Wasp 3, picture 2:
Posted by PIERRE MILLE on 15-08-2010 16:55
#5
Hello,
For me it Hymenoptera> Tenthredinidae and probably the genus Tenthredo for the first picture but the other two I do not see.
Best wishes Pierre
Posted by ChrisR on 15-08-2010 17:35
#6
The last 2 photos seem to be
Tiphia (possibly
femorata) - there are 1000s in the countryside here at the moment - usually on umbellifers.
Posted by Jeroen K on 15-08-2010 20:36
#7
Thank you very much, Pierre and Chris!
Posted by Tony Irwin on 15-08-2010 22:28
#8
The first sawfly is probably a
Tenthredo species and the second looks like
Arge cyanocrocea.
Posted by jorgen on 15-08-2010 22:46
#9
1) Tenthredo arcuata/schaefferi complex
2) Arge but not cyanocrocea because of the dark abdomen
Posted by Jeroen K on 16-08-2010 12:19
#10
Thanks, Tony and Jorgen! On the second one: if
cyanocrocea is eliminated, that leaves
ochropus, pagana, ustulata, berberidis, gracilicornis, ciliaris, dimidiata, enodis, fuscipes (fuscipes), melanochra, metallica, nigripes, rustica and
pullata for Belgium (
dimidiata and
metallica are very rare according to Waarnemingen.be). Are there more species that can be eliminated? Thanks in advance!
Posted by jorgen on 16-08-2010 21:33
#11
It's Arge rustica or ustulata, but probably ustulata.