HYMENOPTERA > APOCRITA | Parasitica > Ichneumonidae > Pimplinae > Pimplini

A small to medium (7-15mm), black with orange legs lacking cream banding on the hind tibia, species that is featured on the NHM identification guide to British ichneumonids. Very similar to Pimpla rufipes, except that female’s ovipositor has a downward curve at the tip. The males are indistinguishable from other Apechthis species without microscopic examination, although they are separable from Pimpla males as they have yellow faces whereas Pimpla males are black.