Posted by lweit on 12-12-2006 22:08
#1
Hello
Can you help me to ID this hymenoptera with black abdomen and legs redish and black. Photo taken in NE of France, near Metz
Thank you
Louis
Posted by Gerard Pennards on 26-12-2006 16:27
#2
Hello Louis,
This is for sure an Ichneumonid, and maybe something in the genus Pimpla.
But the last is just a guess, because this is a notorious difficult group of insects to identify, especially from a picture.
Greetings,