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Cool waspy thingy - Megischus bicolor -

Jim Thorpe, Carbon County, Pennsylvania, USA
August 12, 2007
Size: 2 inches

2 inch with ovipositor (did I spell that right?)

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Cool waspy thingy - Megischus bicolor - female

Cool waspy thingy - Megischus bicolor - female

Cool waspy thingy - Megischus bicolor - female

Contributed by Jo Ann Poe-McGavin on 12 August, 2007 - 1:33pm
Last updated 12 August, 2007 - 3:55pm

Moved

Moved from Stephanid Wasps.

… Jo Ann Poe-McGavin, 12 August, 2007 - 3:55pm

Megischus bicolor

not an ichneumonid

… John S. Ascher, 12 August, 2007 - 3:29pm

Thank-you! I've never seen on

Thank-you! I've never seen one of these before.

… Jo Ann Poe-McGavin, 12 August, 2007 - 3:54pm

Close, but just one word... Ovipositor

That is an Ichneumon wasp, but I'm not sure which one.

… Anthony Magee, 12 August, 2007 - 2:05pm

Thanks! I fixed the spelling.

Thanks! I fixed the spelling. ^__^

… Jo Ann Poe-McGavin, 12 August, 2007 - 3:53pm

Close, but it's actually... a stephanid

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… John S. Ascher, 12 August, 2007 - 3:31pm

Thanks, I didn't realize ther

Thanks, I didn't realize there were so many different wasps with such ovipositors. I only recognized horntails and ichneumons.

… Anthony Magee, 13 August, 2007 - 10:04am

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