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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Braconid and Ichneumonid Wasps (Ichneumonoidea) » Ichneumonid Wasps (Ichneumonidae) » Rhyssinae » Giant Ichneumonid Wasps (Megarhyssa) » Long-tailed Giant Ichneumonid Wasp (Megarhyssa macrurus) » Megarhyssa macrurus macrurus
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Giant Ichneumon Wasp - Megarhyssa macrurus - male
Copyright © 2015 Robert Lord Zimlich

Giant Ichneumon Wasp - Megarhyssa macrurus - Male
Mobile (Dog River), Mobile County, Alabama, USA
October 20, 2015
Size: ~33mm
It's a large as my Megarhyssa. While it looks similar, the marking are different. Thanks
UPDATE: Adds October datapoint for Alabama

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Giant Ichneumon Wasp - Megarhyssa macrurus - male Giant Ichneumon Wasp - Megarhyssa macrurus - male
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Contributed by Robert Lord Zimlich on 21 October, 2015 - 1:30am
Last updated 7 April, 2023 - 3:23am

Moved
Moved from Long-tailed Giant Ichneumonid Wasp.
… Jonathan Hoskins, 7 April, 2023 - 3:23am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Greene's Giant Ichneumonid Wasp.
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 25 February, 2021 - 1:25pm login or register to post comments

Moved to Megarhyssa greenei
Moved from Giant Ichneumons.
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Moved
Moved from Ichneumon Wasps.
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