Ichneumon stramentarius ssp stramentarius Gravenhorst, 1820, (a subspecies of ichneumon wasp)


28 Jul 2021 at OSGR: NN70 in West Perthshire, Scotland

Record SummaryMale, on Hogweed in a large grassland wildflower area
Found asMale imago
Date28 July 2021
Associated organismHeracleum sphondylium
OS grid refOSGR: NN70
Lat/Lon56° 10’ N, 3° 60’ W
Vice CountyWest Perthshire, VC no: 87
CountryScotland
Voucher28 Jul 2021[A]
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Notes: Body length: 15mm; flagellomeres 40+41, tyloids on 7-15 (small one on 16), black, broadly elliptical, length up to 60% of flagellomere; yellow: inner orbits broadly, small spot on scape, small spot below each antenna, clypeus except apical patch, scutellum, T2-3 bright yellow, T4 dirty yellow; coxae black, trochanters black with tips yellow-lined, hind trochantella black, yellowish in places, hind femur yellow at extreme base; hind tibia yellow, apical 30% black, no red at transition; hind tarsus yellow, tarsomere 1-4 hardly darkened at tips, tarsomere 5 slightly dark.

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