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Armyworm Parasitoid Wasp

Ichneumon promissorius

690 observations in the source records

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) b_sydes, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

25 photos

Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.

Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.

What the records say

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Australia.January 41, February 42, March 42, April 35, May 14, June 10, July 3, August 3, September 16, October 28, November 37, December 44.
Australia315
Victoria148
New Zealand70
New South Wales57
Queensland48
Tasmania24
South Australia21
Canterbury Region19
Western Australia15
Auckland Region12

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderAnts, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies · Hymenoptera
FamilyIchneumonid Wasps · Ichneumonidae
GenusIchneumon

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Armyworm Parasitoid Wasp with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.