Pelecinus polyturator
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Pelecinus polyturator
Female.
Canada, Ontario, Scanlon Creek Conservation Area.
8/31/2021
TN097'01-210831009'JJK
Female of this wasp lays her eggs directly into grubs of the June beetle (genus Phyllophaga) buried in the soil. Some populations consist exclusively of females, which reproduce in this case parthenogenetically. Males have much shorter abdomens than females.