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🐝 Ants, Bees & Wasps

White-spotted Ichneumon

Compsocryptus texensis

About

A medium black ichneumon wasp with conspicuous white spots on the thorax and legs. It parasitizes spider egg sacs and caterpillars.

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Did You Know?

It is one of the few ichneumon wasps adapted to the hot, dry conditions of the American Southwest.