Black-headed Orange Parasite Wasp - Stiromesostenus sp.

Family ICHNEUMONIDAE

This page contains pictures and information about Black-headed Orange Parasite Wasps that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.

Body length 15mm

 

 

 

We found this wasp in Karawatha Forest on Jan 2011. It was searching on bark on large tree trunk. 

 

 

 

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

 

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Reference:

1. Insects of Australia, CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University Press, 2nd Edition 1991, p 944, Fig42.19 D.

2. An introduction to the Ichneumonidae of Australia - Gauld, I.D. 1984, British Museum, p64.

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