Banded Caterpillar Parasite Wasp - Ichneumon promissorius

Family ICHNEUMONIDAE

This page contains pictures and information about Banded caterpillar parasite Wasps that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.

Body length  15mm, male                                                   

 

The wasps have white band on the antenna, with large white dots on black body. Their legs are orange-brown in colours.

 

 

Female 

 

We took this picture in Yugarapul Park in early summer, and Karawatha Forest in early summer.

 

 

Male 

 

Female wasps search for mature caterpillars and pupae in plants, litter or soil. 

 

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Reference and Link:

1. Insects of Australia, CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University Press, 2nd Edition 1991, pp 943.

2. An introduction to the Ichneumonidae of Australia - Gauld, I.D. 1984, British Museum.

3. Parasitoids: Natural enemies of helicoverpa - Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, Queensland, 2005.

4. Ichneumon promissorius - Australian Insect Common Names, CSIRO, 2005. 

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