Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Little Ichneumonid hatched from spider

Posted by Juergen Peters on 08-07-2007 22:26
#1

Hello!

Can anybody identify this 6-7 mm long Ichneumonid (or Braconid)? It hatched today from a pupa I collected from our garden shed on June-20. The larva came from a spider of family Tetragnathidae, a Tetragnatha obtusa female. Ostwestfalen/Germany.

Here the "whole story" with pictures of larva, spider and pupa (text in German only, sorry):
http://insektenfo...eadid=8020

Edited by Juergen Peters on 08-07-2007 22:29

Posted by Juergen Peters on 08-07-2007 22:28
#2

The wasp photographed through the glass. Sorry for the picture quality, the animal was "hyperactive"... :|

Posted by ChrisR on 09-07-2007 14:18
#3

I once reared a very similar wasp that keyed to Polysphincta (family Pimplinae) but I'm not 100% sure yours is without keying it. :)

Posted by Juergen Peters on 09-07-2007 20:03
#4

Hello, Chris!

Chris Raper wrote:
I once reared a very similar wasp that keyed to Polysphincta(family Pimplinae) but I'm not 100% sure yours is without keying it. :)


Thanks! At least I know where to start searching. You are right: it resembles some Pimplinae I know.