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Ichneumon Wasp - female
Copyright © 2002 Troy Bartlett

Ichneumon Wasp - Female
Chattahoochee Nat'l Rec Area, Jones Bridge, Georgia, USA
June 8, 2002
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Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:52pm
Last updated 12 August, 2009 - 10:57pm

Moved
Moved from Ichneumon Wasps.
… John R. Maxwell, 12 August, 2009 - 10:57pm login or register to post comments

Rhyssinae…
The large size, very long slightly decurved ovipositor, a cylindrical elongated abdomen becoming dorsolaterally compressed apically, and a filiform antennae indicate a female wasp in this subfamily.

See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 12 August, 2009 - 10:46am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Black and White with orange legs.
… John R. Maxwell, 19 September, 2008 - 8:52am login or register to post comments

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