← Back to Directory
🐝 Ants, Bees & Wasps

European Banded Ichneumon

Amblyteles armatorius

About

A striking black and yellow ichneumon wasp that closely resembles a social wasp. It is a common parasitoid of noctuid moth pupae in soil.

πŸ’‘

Did You Know?

Its convincing mimicry of social wasps protects it from predators despite being completely harmless to humans.