Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Ichneumonid
Posted by Basil Crowley on 24-08-2010 01:00
#1
Any ideas as to the id of this ichneumonid? Not particularly large: 10-15mm size range. Note orangy-brown front tibia and tarsi. Other legs mostly black, but with some brown. Front 2/3 of abdomen is red.
Photographed indoors, 19 June 2010, Oxfordshire, England
Posted by ChrisR on 24-08-2010 01:05
#2
With any luck Camille will be able to give us an idea but if not then you could try it on the HymIS forum :) There are very many similar (nearly identical) species so it is a difficult group :)
Posted by Basil Crowley on 24-08-2010 01:27
#3
Yeah, I hope so. I have found plenty of superficially similar species that it is clearly not. :|
Thanks for the tip about HymIS. :)
Posted by cthirion on 24-08-2010 10:46
#4
Cryptinae!
Afflicted!
Posted by ChrisR on 24-08-2010 11:39
#5
Yeah, if it is Cryptinae then it seems you are onto a looser there Basil - too many species & not enough keys, let alone libraries of identified photos etc. ;)
Posted by Basil Crowley on 27-08-2010 23:47
#6
:|
Well, if taxonomy won't give it a name, perhaps I will: It's a YANUIT (Yet Another Nameless Unidentifiable Ichneumon Thing). ;)
Shucks. Why did I even bother to photograph it? :(
Posted by ChrisR on 28-08-2010 00:24
#7
Basil Crowley wrote:
Shucks. Why did I even bother to photograph it? :(
Don't worry - I have said almost exactly the same thing many times! ;)