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Ichneumonidae esp
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Copyright: Jesus Linares (jlinaresp)
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| Genre: Animals |
| Medium: Color |
| Date Taken: 2009-06-21 |
| Categories: Insects |
| Camera: Canon SX 110 IS |
| Exposure: f/2.8, 1/125 seconds |
| More Photo Info: [view] |
| Photo Version: Original Version |
| Date Submitted: 2009-07-04 7:23 |
| Viewed: 297 |
| Points: 24 |
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| [Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note [Spanish] |
I'm not sure, I'm working on taxonomically classify this insect. But so far I think it may be within the Tenthredinidae - Common Sawflies. Anyway, hope you like it, it's a very elegant insect, colored black in the wings, ventral white, and red chest. It has a high speed flight, can even walk very fast on the logs, but it is very quiet and provides good pictures. Often found in places where logs dried eggs.
Accept any help for ID.
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04-07-09. Thanks to Bayram and Ivan!...
Whom I have pointed out that this is possibly an ichneumon fly. I was reviewing and comparing the structure of some insects of this family, and actually have more features in common with the insect in the photograph, that of the family Tenthredinidae.
Ivan, Bayram ... thank you very much both for the clarification. It's always good to have such support!
More info (from wikipedia)
Scientific classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Suborder: Apocrita
Superfamily: Ichneumonoidea
Families: Braconidae / Ichneumonidae
The Ichneumonoidea are insects classified in the hymenopteran suborder Apocrita. The superfamily is made up of the ichneumon wasps (often inaccurately called "ichneumon flies"; family Ichneumonidae) and the braconids (family Braconidae). Like other parasitic wasps, they were long placed in the "Parasitica", variously considered as an infraorder or an unranked clade, but actually not a monophyletic group.
The superfamily Ichneumonoidea has been estimated to contain well over 80,000 different species. The ichneumon wasps are more familiar to non-entomologists, being larger and about three times as diverse as the braconids.
They are solitary insects, and most are parasitoids—the larvae feeding on or in another insect which finally dies. As with all hymenopterans, ichneumons are closely related to ants and bees.
Members of the family Ichneumonidae are usually larger than members of the Braconidae, and are distinguished primarily by details of wing venation. Many species in both families utilize polydnaviruses to suppress the immune system of the host insect.
Some members use many different insects as a host, others are very specific in host choice. Various ichneumons are used successfully as biological control agents in controlling pests such as flies or beetles.
Ichneumon wasp species are highly diverse - ranging from 3 mm (1/8-inch) to 13 cm (5 inches) long. Most are slender, with the females of many species (particularly in the genus Megarhyssa) having an extremely long ovipositor for laying eggs. The female finds a host and lays an egg on, near, or inside the host's body. Upon hatching, the larval ichneumon feeds either externally or internally, killing the host when they themselves are ready to pupate. Despite looking formidable, the ovipositor does not deliver a sting like many wasps or bees. It can be used by the wasps to bore into and lay eggs inside rotten wood.
Charles Darwin found the grisly life cycles of ichneumons wasps incompatible with the central notion of natural theology which saw the study of nature as a way to demonstrate God's benevolence. In a letter to American botanist Asa Gray, Darwin wrote:
"I cannot persuade myself that a beneficent and omnipotent God would have designedly created the Ichneumonidae with the express intention of their feeding within the living bodies of Caterpillars, or that a cat should play with mice"
Image Links:
http://www.pbase.com/tmurray74/ichneumon_wasps
Thanks for stopping and visiting!
Greetings
Jesus |
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Ciao Jesus,
bellissima macro di questo insetto, su la cui ID non ti so aiutare, eccellente nitidezza e bellissimi colori, molto bella la composizione e mi piace molto il contrasto con lo sfondo chiaro con queste bellissime rigature diagonali.
TFS
Buon fine settimana
Ciao Maurizio
- Argus
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(34473) - [2009-07-04 10:15]
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Hello Jesús,
A very fine macro that deserves an ID that I unfortunately cannot supply, but I agree that it can be a species of sawfly, but if its frequents logs then it is more likely to be a species of Ichneumon Fly, that parasitises wood-eating larvae.
But it is an excellent sharp macro taken from a fine POV to show the details wit good clarity that would enable a Hymenopterist to ID it.
Thanks anf best regards,
Ivan
Hi MF Jesus,
i think Ivan is right that this insect ia a Ichneumon fly. Superb clarity with excelent majestic approach with brilliant close-up of the head.
Well presented.
TFS and have an amusing WE MF!
Cheers,
Bayram
Hi Jesus. This is a refined macro in good details and nice light. Well done my friend.
Roberto
hello Jesús
i can not help you, excelent macro photo with fine POV,
fine focus excelent sharpness and details, beautiful warm
luminosity and colour tones, TFS
Asbed
Ciao Jesus, wonderful macro with fine details and splendid sharpness, very well done, have a good week end, ciao Silvio
hello Jesus
very well light and colour in the insect,a very fine macro capture,separate as his unknown name
TFS thanks for sharing
Nasos
Hi Jesus,
A nice capture of this ichneumon wasp. Very well composed with sharp details. Thanks a lot for sharing.
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- PeterZ
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- [2009-07-05 0:58]
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Hello Jesús,
Good macro in very beautiful natural colours and excellent sharpness. Nice POV and composition.
Regards,
Peter
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- uleko
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- [2009-07-05 1:40]
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Hello Jesus,
An impressive macro of this Fly from a nice POV. Excellent details and fine colours. It stands out very well from the background too.
TFS and regards, Ulla
Hello Jesus
beautiful macro shot of this sawfly, i like it's black and orange colors
excellent composition, lighting, POV and great sharpness
Have a good night
Jacqueline
Hi Jesus,
Superb capture of this insect with sharp and bright details with great focus.
TFS,
Kedar
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