Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Best ichneumon ever!
Posted by Andre Jas on 25-10-2006 16:13
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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
Posted by Andre Jas on 25-10-2006 16:13
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Posted by Frank Koehler on 25-10-2006 17:07
#3
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
Posted by cthirion on 25-10-2006 18:37
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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. ?;)
Posted by Andre Jas on 25-10-2006 19:13
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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
Posted by Frank Koehler on 25-10-2006 19:47
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Thanks, cthirion. Then this shoud be the same - can you confirm?
Best regards
Frank
Posted by Andre Jas on 25-10-2006 20:29
#7
Hi Frank,
Yours indoors too. Must be a domestic species;).
Andr
Posted by cthirion on 25-10-2006 22:32
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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! ?:)
Posted by Robert Nash on 26-10-2006 08:49
#9
Beauty indeed. And very nice pics:p:p. 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.
Posted by Susan R Walter on 26-10-2006 12:21
#10
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;)
Posted by cthirion on 26-10-2006 19:21
#11
Hello Robert! ?
?You forget JP. ?Brock::o ?
?With systematic study of the genus Ophion in Britain.
?Tijdschrift voor entomology 125 (4), 1982 much better but it still misses species for Europe! :p?