Ichneumon confusor Gravenhorst, 1820, (an ichneumon wasp)


23 Mar 2020 at OSGR: SU00 in Dorset, England

Record SummaryFemale, from Compact Rush tussock
Found asFemale imago
Date23 March 2020
Capture methodtussocking
Associated organismJuncus conglomeratus
OS grid refOSGR: SU00
Lat/Lon50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W
Vice CountyDorset, VC no: 9
CountryEngland

Notes: Length; 11.5mm; flagellomeres: 32+32, preapical flagellomeres strongly transverse; inner orbits shortly and narrowly pale on vertex; scopa present; subscutellum yellow along tip and postpetiole with small yellowish spot; t3 red-yellow-red-black; tiny white spot on T5.

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