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Crane Fly? - Megarhyssa macrurus

Crane Fly? - Megarhyssa macrurus
Lake Maria State Park, Wright County, Minnesota, USA
June 13, 2009
This has characteristics of a crane fly but I have not been able to narrow it down to a species. Thanks in advance for any help. I spotted it in a wooded area near a lake.

Moved
Moved from Giant Ichneumons.

Yes...
This is a male giant ichneumon and can be moved to the genus level (Megarhyssa).

See reference here:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/4158

Probably
Megarhyssa

Ichneumonoidea would be my guess
I suspect it's a male Ichneumon wasp of some kind.