Can someone identify an ichneumon

watsthat · #1 (**permalink**) 22-02-2008, 04:17 PM

To elaborate can someone identify any ichneumons? Lets be fair some of them are quite impressive, begging to be ID`d, the Gallery is full of them. So don`t make me go back to the Fungus Forum to ask the intelligentia there. ID this one for me;

Cheers

Pete

Dogghound · #2 (**permalink**) 22-02-2008, 07:18 PM

Hmm... good one. Looks like either Diphyus sp or Amblyteles sp. Doesnt look familiar.

watsthat · #3 (**permalink**) 23-02-2008, 01:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Dogghound

Hmm... good one. Looks like either Diphyus sp or Amblyteles sp. Doesnt look familiar.

Thanks Dogghound, I`ll follow up your suggestions. I know there are several hundred UK ichneumons but is there a decent publication on them you can recommend?

Pete

Dogghound · #4 (**permalink**) 24-02-2008, 04:50 PM

Im afraid they are few and far between for ichneumons, ive yet to find a good publication on ID.

oxycera · #5 (**permalink**) 24-02-2008, 06:52 PM

There really is no easy way to identify these things, even the colourfully patterned ones. If you are lucky enough to find a local expert, then are able to devote the rest of your life to ichneumon identification, it's then possible to make a bit of progress - and I think that is as good as it gets.

watsthat · #6 (**permalink**) 25-02-2008, 07:19 AM

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Originally Posted by oxycera

There really is no easy way to identify these things, even the colourfully patterned ones. If you are lucky enough to find a local expert, then are able to devote the rest of your life to ichneumon identification, it's then possible to make a bit of progress - and I think that is as good as it gets.

Thanks for the input, looks like its going on the back burner but I`ll definitely keep it simmering. I`m pretty sure that I`ve seen this one a few times in East Yorks.

Pete