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Giant Orange & Brown Ichneumon - Megarhyssa macrurus - female
Copyright © 2005 Mike Deep

Giant Orange & Brown Ichneumon - Megarhyssa macrurus - Female
Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York, USA
August 20, 2005

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Giant Orange & Brown Ichneumon - Megarhyssa macrurus - female Giant Orange & Brown Ichneumon - Megarhyssa macrurus - female
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Contributed by Mike Deep on 21 August, 2005 - 9:32pm
Last updated 23 October, 2006 - 5:26pm

Moved
Moved from Orange and Brown.
… john and jane balaban, 23 October, 2006 - 5:26pm login or register to post comments

WOW
That's amazing! I would assume the smaller one is the male?
… Brittanie Christina McCormack, 29 June, 2006 - 4:06pm login or register to post comments

 
They were both female. Notice
They were both female. Notice the smaller one is actually in the process of laying an egg with its ovipositor.
… Mike Deep, 29 June, 2006 - 11:53pm login or register to post comments

 
Dang!!!!
That's amazing!
… Brittanie Christina McCormack, 2 July, 2006 - 8:15pm login or register to post comments

WOW!
I would assume that the smaller one is the male?
… Brittanie Christina McCormack, 29 June, 2006 - 4:06pm login or register to post comments

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