Pimpla contemplator (Muller, 1776), (woodland black slip wasp)

18 May 2020 at OSGR: ST71 in Dorset, England

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Record Summary	Male, around fallen sticks in sunny broadleaved woodland
Found as	Male imago
Date	18 May 2020
Capture method	netted
OS grid ref	OSGR: ST71
Lat/Lon	50° 50’ N, 2° 20’ W
Vice County	Dorset, VC no: 9
Country	England
Voucher	18 May 2020[J] (Please quote this in any queries about this record)

Notes: Fla 1+2/eye = 0.87.

The following literature was used to identify this find:

Fitton, M.G., Shaw, M.R., & Gauld, I.D., 1988. Pimpline Ichneumon-flies. Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae (Pimplinae). Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 7. Part 1, 110pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Shaw, M.R., 2006. Notes on British Pimplinae and Poemeniinae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae), with additions to the British List. Br. J. Ent. Nat. Hist. Vol 19: 217-238.

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Pimpla contemplator (Muller, 1776), (woodland black slip wasp)

18 May 2020 at OSGR: ST71 in Dorset, England

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