
Months sighted in garden
An informal survey of the plant and animal life living in or visiting the grounds of Pointfield, Kelso since 2015
Hymenoptera



Small pale orange ichnuemon with large black eyes and three discrete black ocelli separated by yellow surrounds. Antennae orange, darkening slightly to tip. Thorax with two thin longitudinal yellow bars. Wing with yellow-orange stigmata; elongate discosubmarginal cell, small incompletely close triangular areolet, no 1m-cu developed, and 2 bullae on 2m-cu. Short straight ovipositer. Attracted to light trap 18th June, 2022 (upper); 16th August, 2023 (mid); 23rd August, 2024 (lower - identified by NHM scientists as part of nocturnal ichneumon project 2024).
Months sighted in garden