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Brown Slender Ichneumon Wasp - Enicospilus sp.

Family ICHNEUMONIDAE

This page contains pictures and information about Brown Slender Ichneumon Wasps that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
 
Body length  20mm                                                                              
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We recognised the wasp by the dot pattern at the middle of the forewing.
 
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Please check the Ichneumon Wasps page for more general information above this wasp.
 

Reference:
1. Insects of Australia, CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University Press, 2nd Edition 1991, pp 943.
2. An introduction to the Ichneumonidae of Australia - Gauld, I.D. 1984, British Museum, p290.

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Last updated: August 17, 2012.