Ichneumon affector, (an ichneumon wasp)
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5 Jul 2020 at OSGR: SU01 in South Wilts, England

Record SummaryMale, dark form, visiting Wild Parsnip
Found asMale imago
Date5 July 2020
Associated organismPastinaca sative
OS grid refOSGR: SU01
Lat/Lon50° 60’ N, 1° 60’ W
Vice CountySouth Wilts, VC no: 8
CountryEngland
Voucher5 Jul 2020[C]
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Notes:

Length: 13.5mm; flagellomeres: 37+38, antennae black underneath, tyloids on 7-13, small one on 14; genae / eye width (from above) 0.7.

Probably a dark form of Ichneumon insidiosus - or a related species, like erythromerus or affector (but both of these would be new to Britain).

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