Tryphon rutilator (Linnaeus, 1761), (a tryphonine ichneumon)
IDENTIFICATION UNCERTAIN


31 May 2022 at OSGR: SZ09 in Dorset, England

Record SummaryFemale, visiting Hogweed
Found asFemale imago
Date31 May 2022
Associated organismHeracleum sphondylium
OS grid refOSGR: SZ09
Lat/Lon50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W
Vice CountyDorset, VC no: 9
CountryEngland
Voucher31 May 2022[L]
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Notes:

Body length: 8.2mm; flagellomeres 30+30.

Antennae with small auricles; small pit between antenna base and eye, one side containing a small pimple; face with two small yellow triangles below antennae; anterior femora orange, with black patch behind near the base; postpetiole and T2-5 orange, T6 black.

Unlikely to be T. signator as anterior femora are black behind.

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