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Hi again,

Saw this beauty in Germany the other day in the toilets of a restaurant in Ibbenb?ren. It's so outstanding that it should be easy to ID for someone who knows a bit about them, I'd say. Any idaes are appreciated.

Andr? Jas

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Hi Andr?, that was my first idea too, when I found this "species" two years ago. But don?t think, you will find a fast and omniscient expert for this difficult family - however you meet him, let me know Ok, stop running Ichneumonidae down! It?s Ophion sp. There are 34 species in Europe, 14 species are known from Germany. If you have collected the wasp, it will be possible to find a name. Best regasrds Frank

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One of rare Ophion that I go so far as to determine in photograph! ?

?Ophion obscuratus with its yellow marks on line! ?

?Commun run in this season, winters in an adult state. ?

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Ah, I'm always happy when someone can ID an ichneumon that I photographed .
Thank you very much cthirion.
Andr? Jas

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Thanks, cthirion. Then this shoud be the same - can you confirm?
Best regards
Frank

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Hi Frank,

Yours indoors too. Must be a domestic species.

Andr

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Yes, it is same the, abundant one in autumn, I found females wintering even in peat bags! ?
?Another characteristic, ocellar-ocular interspace missing! ?

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Beauty indeed. And very nice pics. Many Ophion come to light like moths explaining the indoor occurrence. See Gauld, I. D., T. Huddleston. 1977. The nocturnal Ichneumonoidea of the British Isles,
including a key to genera. Entomologist's Gazette. 27: 35-49.

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Why do none of the books about where or how to watch wildlife mention how great for invertebrates public toilets are? Mind you, you do need to be fairly discreet about photographing it in such places

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Hello Robert! ?

?You forget JP. ?Brock: ?
?With systematic study of the genus Ophion in Britain.
?Tijdschrift voor entomology 125 (4), 1982 much better but it still misses species for Europe! ?