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Megarhyssa macrurus
Photo#190676
Copyright © 2008
john and jane balaban
Gathering -
Megarhyssa macrurus
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Harms Woods Forest Preserve, Glenview, Cook County, Illinois, USA
June 11, 2008
A good sized Ironwood had been blown over by the wind and had attracted a group of Ichneumons.
Contributed by
john and jane balaban
on 14 June, 2008 - 11:08am
Very cool.
Nice shot!
I was lucky enough to find a dead tree with loose bark. I pulled the bark off and saw the long ovipostors stinking out of the tree and did't know what they were.
I went back about an hour later and found 3 Megarhyssa macrurus females on the tree.
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Randy Geiger
, 5 February, 2009 - 12:36pm