Talk:Ichneumonidae

message: The figure labeled "Metopius sp., Rhône (France)" is a male of Ichneumoninae, Ichneumonini.  Perhaps someone who knows the Palearctic Ichneumoninae could identify the genus or the species.  The thyridium of the first metasomal tergite appears as though it may be too broad for this to be a species of the genus Ichneumon.
The figure labeled "Cremastinae, (Tanzania)" is a species of Anomaloninae.  Someone who knows the African Anomaloninae would hopefully know the genus and species.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.218.86.73 (talk) 04:03, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

message: I don't think the explanation for the hardness of the wasps' boring apparatus makes physical sense. While having metallic Magnesium or Zinc would provide hardness (but be rather biologically implausible), ionised Mg2+ or Zn2+ (which are ubiquitous in life) do not form a metallic solid - indeed, they would be present as salts in solution. I'll remove it unless somebody can find a better reference.
It would also be good to have something on Darwin!
--129.67.75.128 (talk) 17:15, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Metals 

message: Shouldn't it be moved to a different part of the article. It seems to put the neutrality of the article in question and serves only to critique theism. Applez2Applez (talk) 22:47, 19 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Darwin Quote 

message: I overhauled the article, adding new content and piecing together the different sections. Some points which may still need addressing:
- I used wing vein names a la Gauld 1991, and for consistency called the family 'ichneumonids' throughout. Both are matters of preference and may benefit from changing. (ichneumonids vs ichneumon flies vs Ichneumonidea..)
- The gallery would benefit from a more representative mix of images. Currently it mainly has microscope photos from KNP Uganda (some of these could be removed or moved to subfamily pages), and morphology.
- There are isolated facts which need checking and potentially correcting. E.g. ichneumonid size (currently a few millimetres to seven or more centimetres)
--Tapani.Hopkins (talk) 09:03, 16 August 2015 (UTC)
replies: text:  Thanks. I've put the punctuation before the references and wikilinked the captions. There are too many images from Kibale as you say; a more representative selection would be better, as would having images in the text not in a gallery. The morphology images again don't belong in a gallery; if they belong here at all, it should be next to a morphology section which calls out the images in the discussion. The sizes sound about right. Chiswick Chap (talk) 09:41, 16 August 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article changes 16 Aug 2015 

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message: Are Labium wasps really a genus within this family? If so it’s not mentioned here. Overlordnat1 (talk) 08:59, 11 July 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes its is in fact a genus as noted here. They are not usually called "Labium wasps", they are ichneumon wasps in the genus Labium--Kevmin § 14:38, 11 July 2023 (UTC)

text: FYI --Kevmin § 20:22, 11 July 2023 (UTC)
replies: text:   Thanks, I’m now improved the link at the disambiguation page. --Overlordnat1 (talk) 13:27, 13 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Labium