Banded Caterpillar Parasite Wasp - Ichneumon promissorius
Family ICHNEUMONIDAE
This page contains pictures and information about Banded caterpillar parasite Wasps that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
- Body length 15mm, male
- The wasps have white band on the antenna, with large white dots on black body. Their legs are orange-brown in colours.
- We took this picture in Yugarapul Park in early summer, and Karawatha Forest in early summer.
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- Female wasps search for mature caterpillars and pupae in plants, litter or soil.
Female
Male
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- Male does not have the long ovipositor.
- Reference and Link:
- 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.
- 3. Parasitoids: Natural enemies of helicoverpa - Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, Queensland, 2005.
- 4. Ichneumon promissorius - Australian Insect Common Names, CSIRO, 2005.
