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Family ICHNEUMONIDAE
- This page contains pictures and information about Black-abdomen Slender Ichneumon Wasps that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
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 - Body length
20mm
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- Photo was taken in Botanic Garden on Feb 2010. The wasp was resting under
leaf, The larvae in this subfamily are internal parasitic on larvae of moths and butterflies. Adults
are active at night. The wasp has the typical wing vein pattern of subfamily Ophioninae.
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- Please check the Ichneumon Wasps page for
more general information above this wasp.
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- Reference:
- 1. Northern
Territory Insects, A Comprehensive Guide CD - Graham Brown, 2009.
- 2. Insects
of Australia, CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University
Press, 2nd Edition 1991, pp 945.
- 3. An introduction to the Ichneumonidae of Australia - Gauld, I.D. 1984,
British Museum, p291.
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