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Ophion luteus

Nature volume 108, page 403 (1921)Cite this article

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IT is a quite common experience to see Ophion luteus fly into houses at night attracted by light. I have myself captured at least half a dozen specimens that had in a single hour flown into a room in that way. Not long ago Dr. James Waterston, at my request, dissected a fresh female specimen, and found in it a poison gland, reservoir, and duct similar in character to those recorded as being present in certain other species of Ichneumonidæ.

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GAHAN, C. Ophion luteus. Nature 108, 403 (1921). https://doi.org/10.1038/108403b0

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