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id plz - Megarhyssa macrurus
Copyright © 2009 Frack

id plz - Megarhyssa macrurus
brookshire, waller County, Texas, USA
March 22, 2009
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Contributed by Frack on 22 March, 2009 - 6:56pm
Last updated 31 March, 2009 - 1:08am

All M. macrurus…
This can also be moved to the species page. Intraspecific competition with this many females on the same tree at the same time is not very common. Nice find.

See reference here:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/84171
… Ross Hill, 25 March, 2009 - 5:12pm login or register to post comments

Again Megarhyssa
A nice shot showing a few females inserting their ovipositers into the wood after apparently homing in on prospective hosts (woodwasp larvae, which are located deep within the wood).
… Tim Loh, 22 March, 2009 - 7:19pm login or register to post comments

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