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Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Braconid and Ichneumonid Wasps (Ichneumonoidea) » Ichneumonid Wasps (Ichneumonidae) » Short-tailed Ichneumonid Wasps (Ophioninae) » Ophion
Ichneumon Wasp - Ophion
Ichneumon Wasp - Ophion
Westwood, Lassen County, California, USA
October 1, 2006
Size: ~13mm
2 of 2 images of this specimen.
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Contributed by Jim Moore on 23 June, 2025 - 3:58pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Braconid and Ichneumonid Wasps (Ichneumonoidea) » Ichneumonid Wasps (Ichneumonidae) » Short-tailed Ichneumonid Wasps (Ophioninae) » Ophion
Ichneumon Wasp - Ophion
Ichneumon Wasp - Ophion
Westwood, Lassen County, California, USA
October 1, 2006
Size: ~13mm
1 of 2 images of this specimen.
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Contributed by Jim Moore on 23 June, 2025 - 3:58pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Vespoidea » Vespidae » Potter and Mason Wasps (Eumeninae)
Subgenus megapterocheilus?
Subgenus megapterocheilus?
Plain City, Utah County, Utah, USA
June 21, 2025
3 of 3 images of this specimen.
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Contributed by Tanya Jensen on 23 June, 2025 - 3:57pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Vespoidea » Vespidae » Potter and Mason Wasps (Eumeninae)
Subgenus megapterocheilus?
Subgenus megapterocheilus?
Plain City, Utah County, Utah, USA
June 21, 2025
2 of 3 images of this specimen.
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Contributed by Tanya Jensen on 23 June, 2025 - 3:57pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Vespoidea » Vespidae » Potter and Mason Wasps (Eumeninae)
Subgenus megapterocheilus?
Subgenus megapterocheilus?
Plain City, Utah County, Utah, USA
June 21, 2025
1 of 3 images of this specimen.
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Contributed by Tanya Jensen on 23 June, 2025 - 3:55pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Robber Flies (Asilidae) » Asilinae » Hammertails (Efferia) » Nerax group (Efferia Nerax group) » Eastern Hammertail (Efferia aestuans)
Black Mustache Robber Fly - Anterior Lateral - Efferia aestuans - female
Black Mustache Robber Fly - Anterior Lateral - Efferia aestuans - Female
North Shelby, Birmingham 35244, Shelby County, Alabama, USA
June 23, 2025
2 of 2 images of this specimen.
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Contributed by David A. Copeland on 23 June, 2025 - 3:48pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Robber Flies (Asilidae) » Asilinae » Hammertails (Efferia) » Nerax group (Efferia Nerax group) » Eastern Hammertail (Efferia aestuans)
Black Mustache Robber Fly - Dorsal - Efferia aestuans - female
Black Mustache Robber Fly - Dorsal - Efferia aestuans - Female
North Shelby, Birmingham 35244, Shelby County, Alabama, USA
June 23, 2025
1 of 2 images of this specimen.
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Contributed by David A. Copeland on 23 June, 2025 - 3:47pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Pentatomomorpha » Lygaeoidea » Pachygronthidae » Oedancala » Oedancala dorsalis
Oedancala dorsalis
Oedancala dorsalis
Ward Pound Ridge Reservation, Westchester County, New York, USA
June 21, 2025
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Contributed by Seth Ausubel on 23 June, 2025 - 3:39pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Elateroidea » Click Beetles (Elateridae)
Gambrinus griseus
Gambrinus griseus
Valpariso / Kimrich, Porter County, Indiana, USA
June 13, 2025
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Contributed by Chris Joll on 23 June, 2025 - 3:39pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Springtails and allies (Collembola)
Springtail?
Springtail?
Tracys Landing, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, USA
June 19, 2025
On a beach side cliff along the Cheaspeake Bay.
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Contributed by eaglebeach on 23 June, 2025 - 3:34pm

 
 
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