Latin Name:  Odontocolon sp.
                        (A.Bennett, det.)

Length:  10 - 15 mm

Range:  Throughout Alberta

Habitat:  Various

Time of year seen:  Summer

Larva: Are parasites of wood-boring beetles

Other: Female wasps of this genus oviposit their eggs onto the exterior of  Cerambycidae (longhorn beetles) and Melandryidae (false darkling beetles) larva that are present in the inner bark of trees.  Once the Odontocolon larva hatch they develop on the exterior of the beetle larva host, eventually killing it and building a cocoon beneath the bark before over wintering and emerging the next spring. (Lieutier et al, 2007)