Perithous divinator

Perithous divinator is a Pimpline Ichneumon Wasp with a predominately red thorax with yellow marginal stripes to mesonotum, yellow thin transverse stripes to scutellum and the hind coxae are also red. The abdomen is black with a narrow yellow arch to the propodeum. The head is black with yellow/white inner orbits. The ovipositor in females is aproximately equal in length to the abdomen and ovipositor to hind tibia index ~ 2.5 - 3.2.

Perithous scurra but this has a longer ovipositor

• Red mesoscutum with yellow lateral marginal stripes
• Red hind coxae
• Black propodeum with narrow yellow arch
• Tergite 2 lacks longitudinal, median keel
• Ovipositor length aproximately 2.5 - 3.2 times length of hind tibia
• Yellow/white inner orbits

Identification advice should be sought from British Ichneumonoidea Facebook

Found in diverse habitats, including gardens, woodlands, and coastal areas, nesting in pithy stems or old wood. 

Flight period May - September with peak in June 

wide spread but underrecorded