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What type of fly?

vexxxed Full Member Posts: 55	What type of fly? Aug 27, 2021 18:45:49 GMT -8 via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by vexxxed on Aug 27, 2021 18:45:49 GMT -8 Or is it even a fly? Seek thought it was a braconid wasp but it wasn’t close to any photos. Philadelphia PA

Adam Cotton Moderator Posts: 3,496 Country: Thailand	What type of fly? Aug 28, 2021 0:39:23 GMT -8 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Adam Cotton on Aug 28, 2021 0:39:23 GMT -8 It does seem to be a wasp, Hymenoptera rather than Diptera. Probably it is a parasitoid, but I have no idea which family it belongs to. Adam.

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What type of fly? Aug 28, 2021 5:02:45 GMT -8 via mobile

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I just found a similar braconid one located just 20 minutes from me

bugguide.net/node/view/1413433

Though the wings seem to be positioned more forward.

Taking your suggestion I found similar ones in the megaspilidae family

bugguide.net/node/view/155554

bugguide.net/node/view/1239018

Last Edit: Aug 28, 2021 5:04:41 GMT -8 by vexxxed