Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Orthopelma mediator?

Posted by ChrisR on 16-05-2008 00:14
#1
Hi, I saw this wasp on 5-May-2008 in southern England flying around last year's Robin's Pincushion Galls (Diplolepis rosae). Is it safe to call them Orthopelma mediator or are there other ichneumonoid parasitoids of these galls?

Posted by cthirion on 19-05-2008 21:56
#2
Dear Camille,
because it is from Diplolepis rosae it is almost certainly Orthopelma mediator.
Best wishes,
Kees Zwakhals

Posted by ChrisR on 20-05-2008 10:13
#3
Thanks! Grin I always see these and say "Oh, an Orthopelma mediator!" ... so it's nice to know I haven't been wrong all these years! Wink