Tiger Ichneumon Wasp
Dorsal, ~14mm
Ellura
Tiger Ichneumon Wasp
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Tiger Ichneumon Wasp (Metopius sp)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Ant Bee Wasps (Hymenoptera)
Family: Ichneumon Wasp (Wasp: Ichneumonoidea: Ichneumonidae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Tiger Ichneumon Wasp (Metopius sp)
This Photo:     Dorsal

Thank you Andrei (ichman) for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere


Similar Species: Tiger Ichneumon Mimic (Miltinus cardinalis)

Copyright © 2015-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 25-Apr-2015
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.