Brown Ichneumon Wasp - ? sp.

Family ICHNEUMONIDAE

This page contains pictures and information about Brown Ichneumon Wasps that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.

Body length  20mm, female                                                   

 

This wasp is reddish-brown in colours with white patterns. From it white-banded antenna, we believed it is in the Phygadeuontinae subfamily but cannot tell the species name.  

 

 

 

The body colours are quite different with other members in the Phygadeuontinae subfamily. 

 

 

Pictures taken in Daisy Hill near Buhot Creek, Dec 2008. The wasp was searching on tree trunk. 

 

Male, body length 20mm

 

Please check the Ichneumon Wasps page for more general information above this wasp.

 

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Reference:

1. An introduction to the Ichneumonidae of Australia - Gauld, I.D. 1984, British Museum, page 158.

2. Wasps - family Ichneumonidae - lifeunseen.com, by Nick Monaghan. 

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