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


12 May 2021 at OSGR: SU23 in South Wilts, England

Record SummaryMale, swept off flowering Wood Spurge
Found asMale imago
Date12 May 2021
Capture methodswept
Associated organismEuphorbia amygdaloides
OS grid refOSGR: SU23
Lat/Lon51° 0’ N, 1° 40’ W
Vice CountySouth Wilts, VC no: 8
CountryEngland
Voucher12 May 2021[K]
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Notes: Hind tarsomere 2 shorter than 5, but eye margin only weakly emarginate; hair on face whitish; interocular distance about equal to orbital-ocellar distance; mesoscutum finely punctate; all coxae and trochanters black; laterotergite 2 broad; malar space much shorter than mandible width; T6 not really punctate.

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